Zofia Rydet, Sociological Record 1978-1990

Sociological Record 1978-1990

Zofia Rydet

Publisher
Palm Studios / The Photographers’ Gallery
Year
2025
ISBN
9781068496707
Specifications
Embossed softcover with dust jacket
Edited by Clare Grafik, Karol Hordziej and Lola Paprocka
Text by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Karol Hordziej, Clare Grafik and Zofia Rydet
Design by Brian Kanagaki
Printed in the European Union
700 copies
24cm x 29cm
128 pages

This landmark project by Zofia Rydet is a sweepingly comprehensive documentary portrait of Polish domestic life, spanning decades, eras, regions and cultures. From 1978, when she was 67, she set out to record the inside of every household in the country. She would approach a home unannounced, knock, warmly introduce herself and ask the people living there if they would like to take part.

She was always on the road, camera in hand. For nearly three decades she worked in people's homes, on still lifes, on building exteriors and on the countryside, and she returned to the same houses several years after her first visit to document the transformation of rural life. The result is a monumental undertaking and one of the most important achievements in twentieth century Polish work.

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