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17-OCT-2009

For sale, Kiev, Ukraine, 2009

A “For Sale” sign provides the context here, while the content comes to us through an abundance of detail and a moment stopped forever in time. This building lines one of Kiev’s most famous streets, a hill known as “Andrew’s Descent.” Home to artists and writers since the 19th century, the street is still alive with galleries, museum, and artists selling their work. This old building appears to be in the process of some restoration. As we passed by, I photographed a woman working her way through the old metal door carrying a banana carton. A dolly with two other cartons awaits. A well-stocked artist’s stall beckons at the left. Two empty stalls stand at the right. Is she an artist, moving her work to a stall? Or is she just cleaning stuff out of the building? The answers to such questions are unknown, but they will certainly kindle the imagination of the viewer.

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