THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MIRON ZOWNIR

The Valley of the Shadow is a collection of photography by Miron Zownir that documents a world of unconditional authenticity, dire ecstasy, and demonical possession that exists in the shadows of urban areas in New York, Berlin, and post-Communist Eastern Europe. As controversial as they are uncompromising and poetic, Zownirs expressionistic black and white portraits capture the morbid dignity of society s misfits, freaks, and the homeless. Miron Zownir is a German-Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker, and author whose critically acclaimed work has been featured in international solo and group exhibitions as well as renowned The Valley of the Shadow is not a book for the faint-hearted.