Return / Sylvia de Swaan

Identifier:FA.B69.1013

Dimensions:8 x 9 in; 20.32 x 22.86 cm

Copyright dates:1999

Subjects: photographs, refugees

Description:Staple fold binding; black and white offset printed with photographs and text. CBA's copy is accompanied by four offset postcards with photographic images by DeSwaan. "'Return' is an exploration of my personal history and a meditation on memory and war. It consists of a series of journeys through Eastern Europe to retrace routes my mother, sister, and I traversed as refugees at the end of World War II, eventually eventually arriving to my native city in Southern Ukraine where I'd last been as a small child. I'm interested in the construction of narrative and the cinematic juxtaposition of still images -- using the voyage as a metaphor for a film, or a narrative thread that leads one through life." --Artist's statement.