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[amnesiac_072]

Amazing new photo book on Belarus by washington DC's own Bill Crandall.

The Waiting Room from Metro Collective on Vimeo.

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[clip2life]

I am totally with you on this: amazing!!!! Oh, my...

[amnesiac_072]

Yeah, Really impressive body of work. I'm amazed that I kind of know someone this good.
He's selling copies for 25 bucks here. I have one and the reproduction quality is excellent.
http://billcrandall.bigcartel.com/product/the-waiting-room-print-version

[clip2life]

The name "Waiting Room" is very significant and multifaceted in regards to the situation in White Russia (the exact translation of the country's name).The hardworking and well educated people, left behind the collapse of the Soviet Union in the familiar paternal socialist condition with a fraction of private business. In respect of the photographs, looking at the faces of people on many of them is a pain and a pleasure at the same time - I know this faces, I know from inside what they mean

[amnesiac_072]

That is pretty much how Bill explained the title in a talk he gave last fall. It sounds like you really understand what that is about.