Suicide stories
Dublin Core
Title
Suicide stories
2106.DOC.TATARINOVA
Subject
Documentary
Description
Udmurtya is the region with one of the highest rates of suicides amongst males in Russia.
Mostly udmurts hang themselves in the woods. There are several reasons for that. One of them is sheltered in the cultural traditions of the nation. Udmurts are shamanists, inseparability connected to the nature, which is
the essential part of their religion and rituals.
I was interested in concentrating to the portraits of widows, their stories and the images of the nature – probable places of self-murders, but not always. Through it the spectator can imagine how the nature influence on udmurts.
I inclined to consider suicide as a manifestation of these powerful chthonic presence of archaic energy, which still lives in the remote Udmurtia.
I wanted to capture natural failure, a fatal failure, the hole in which other forces live, pulling the young and full of strength men inside.
Mostly udmurts hang themselves in the woods. There are several reasons for that. One of them is sheltered in the cultural traditions of the nation. Udmurts are shamanists, inseparability connected to the nature, which is
the essential part of their religion and rituals.
I was interested in concentrating to the portraits of widows, their stories and the images of the nature – probable places of self-murders, but not always. Through it the spectator can imagine how the nature influence on udmurts.
I inclined to consider suicide as a manifestation of these powerful chthonic presence of archaic energy, which still lives in the remote Udmurtia.
I wanted to capture natural failure, a fatal failure, the hole in which other forces live, pulling the young and full of strength men inside.
Creator
Sofya Tatarinova
Publisher
by artist
Date
2016
Format
printed self-published photobook
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
23x23 cmx1cm
Number of Pages
20
Number of images
17
Edition Size
5
Place of Publication
Austria
Designer
Sofya Tatarinova
Editor
Sofya Tatarinova
Printer
Self-published
ISBN
-------
Website
www.sofiatatarinova.com
URL Link to project
https://sofiatatarinova.com/udmurtya/
Where to buy
by artist
Links to reviews
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2015/interview-with-photographer-tatarinova-sofya/
Collection
Citation
Sofia Tatarinova, “Suicide stories ,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed May 4, 2026, https://photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/2106.