"It is a disgraceful world, populated by some creatures that were once humans,
but now these living beings are degraded, ghastly, appalling." This is how Ukrainian photographer
Boris Mikhailov explains the places in the Soviet Union, he walks through the late 90s in order to
pursue his work. In 1999 he released the haunting images of a once glorious nation in his book
"Case History". "Many are here BOMJIs," explains the now 72 years old. "Many of them are BOMJIs.
It is a term made of capital letters, recently coined. It literally refers to those people without a
stable residence, practically living in the streets, wherever they can stretch their bones.”
By Marcel Winatschek
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
"It is a disgraceful world, populated by some creatures that were once humans, but now these living beings are degraded, ghastly, appalling." This is how Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov explains the places in the Soviet Union, he walks through the late 90s in order to pursue his work. In 1999 he released the haunting images of a once glorious nation in his book "Case History". "Many are here BOMJIs," explains the now 72 years old. "Many of them are BOMJIs. It is a term made of capital letters, recently coined. It literally refers to those people without a stable residence, practically living in the streets, wherever they can stretch their bones.”"It is a disgraceful world, populated by some creatures that were once humans, but now these living beings are degraded, ghastly, appalling." This is how Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov explains the places in the Soviet Union, he walks through the late 90s in order to pursue his work. In 1999 he released the haunting images of a once glorious nation in his book "Case History". "Many are here BOMJIs," explains the now 72 years old. "Many of them are BOMJIs. It is a term made of capital letters, recently coined. It literally refers to those people without a stable residence, practically living in the streets, wherever they can stretch their bones.”"It is a disgraceful world, populated by some creatures that were once humans, but now these living beings are degraded, ghastly, appalling." This is how Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov explains the places in the Soviet Union, he walks through the late 90s in order to pursue his work. In 1999 he released the haunting images of a once glorious nation in his book "Case History". "Many are here BOMJIs," explains the now 72 years old. "Many of them are BOMJIs. It is a term made of capital letters, recently coined. It literally refers to those people without a stable residence, practically living in the streets, wherever they can stretch their bones.”
