1999, Nexus Press, 192 pgs, duotone, tritone, and quadtone offset, 5 1/4 x 8
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North of Russia, near the Arctic Circle, on an island in the middle of the White
Sea is an old monastery, Solovetski. Isolated and remote, these beautiful and
remarkable buildings were the first concentration camp in the GULAG system. The
terror has evaporated, but the reverberations linger, evoking shifting readings
of the site. The book is an exploration of what constitutes a monument. Meador's
book about this remote monument is remarkable for the unified vision of its text,
photographs and design, and for the unique color quality achieved by Meador, a
master offset printer, who is also fully at home in the digital world.
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