Sunder

Best known for his coverage of Burma¿s bloody civil war ¿ for which he was awarded the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal, Bruce Haley is one of the most acclaimed photographers of the 20th-century. Produced between 1994 and 2002, the images in Sunder sweep the viewer along on a far-reaching journey through numerous former USSR and Iron Curtain countries, stopping at landscapes of ruin and moments of grace in equal measure, presenting a stark perspective of the collapse of the communist empire. Bleak and brimming with the realism that only a photographer as seasoned as Haley could achieve, and in contrast with his conflict-based coverage, which was dominated by lush colour imagery depicting the most horrific acts of violence imaginable, it seems as though this project is as much a portrait of the photographer himself as it is an invaluable historical archive.