Dean Sewell / Dissenting Snows

Dissenting Snows presents a series of photographs taken by Dean Sewell in Moscow in 1996-97, during the turbulent years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Shot by Sewell between freelance photojournalism assignments, the films were shelved and left undeveloped until 2022. 

Collected and brought to print for the first time, these images reveal the city at a tense, transitional threshold, with everyday life suspended between the monumental past and the uncertain future, between public and private collapse. Subtle and evocative, Sewell’s photographs emerge as a significant record of an era, drawing attention to the shifting legacies of memory and history.

First edition, 2025
Swiss binding, exposed spine & fold-out cover
200 x 290mm, 96 pages

ISBN 978-0-6454517-6-4