These photographs were made in Moscow in February 2010. I travelled there with the photographer Gabriella Rizzello, my girlfriend at the time, with the intention of spending a month in Russia — continuing work on The Prospect of Immortality while also beginning our first collaborative photographic project together.
Over the course of that week we photographed the city together, responding to the streets, people and atmosphere of Moscow in midwinter.
After just one week we received a phone call from home informing us that Gabriella’s mother had been rushed to hospital following a cardiac arrest. We returned to the UK immediately and were by her bedside within hours, but she never regained consciousness and died later that day.
The photographs made during that week later became the basis of a collaborative photobook titled One Week in Moscow. Taken in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, many of the images circle quietly around gestures of love and intimacy. What had begun as a travel project was transformed into something more reflective — an attempt to create something positive out of an unexpected loss.
The book was self-published in an edition of 500 copies, designed by Connie Dickson. Produced with the support of family, friends and colleagues who purchased advance copies, the project raised £2,553 for Diabetes UK.
The book is dedicated to the memory of Sarah-Jane Rizzello (1959–2010).
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These photographs were made in Moscow in February 2010. I travelled there with the photographer Gabriella Rizzello, my girlfriend at the time, with the intention of spending a month in Russia — continuing work on The Prospect of Immortality while also beginning our first collaborative photographic project together.
Over the course of that week we photographed the city together, responding to the streets, people and atmosphere of Moscow in midwinter.
After just one week we received a phone call from home informing us that Gabriella’s mother had been rushed to hospital following a cardiac arrest. We returned to the UK immediately and were by her bedside within hours, but she never regained consciousness and died later that day.
The photographs made during that week later became the basis of a collaborative photobook titled One Week in Moscow. Taken in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, many of the images circle quietly around gestures of love and intimacy. What had begun as a travel project was transformed into something more reflective — an attempt to create something positive out of an unexpected loss.
The book was self-published in an edition of 500 copies, designed by Connie Dickson. Produced with the support of family, friends and colleagues who purchased advance copies, the project raised £2,553 for Diabetes UK.
The book is dedicated to the memory of Sarah-Jane Rizzello (1959–2010).
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