{"product_id":"ukrzaliznytsia-julie-poly","title":"UKRZALIZNYTSIA – Julie Poly","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"846\"\u003eA delirious nocturne aboard Ukraine’s state railway, \u003cem data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"433\"\u003eUKRZALIZNYTSIA\u003c\/em\u003e is Julie Poly’s cult photobook of desire, uniform, and transit, first published in 2019 in a small underground edition. Before becoming an artist, Poly worked as a train attendant herself — a fact that saturates every image with insider precision and intuition. Her camera doesn’t document the railway; it rides it like a fever dream, where erotic charge, fatigue, humour and hierarchy jostle in the corridors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1404\"\u003eThe portraits are sharp and absurd, the mise-en-scène full of Soviet-era patina — metallic walls, peach curtains, mirrored compartments — a visual language Ukrainians often overlook but which, through Poly’s lens, becomes charged with tension and glamour. There is both irony and sincerity here: in the way she poses herself, plays with uniform and identity, and in the haunting presences of young soldiers — barely alert, already braced for a war not yet officially begun. In one frame, they stare past a woman’s presence, dulled by proximity to combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1883\"\u003eWhat makes this book singular is its origin: it was not made for export or spectacle. The images were first shown inside railway stations, a gesture of public art that felt embedded in everyday life — and deeply Ukrainian in its humour and resilience. Western-minded, unsentimental, radically situated, \u003cem data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1725\"\u003eUKRZALIZNYTSIA\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of the most potent works of pre-invasion Ukraine: not just a photo-document, but a living record of how a country sees itself, even in transit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"2209\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"1904\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1907\"\u003eTitle: \u003cem data-start=\"1914\" data-end=\"1930\"\u003eUKRZALIZNYTSIA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"1933\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Julie Poly\u003cbr data-start=\"1960\" data-end=\"1963\"\u003eDate: 2020\u003cbr data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"1976\"\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Offset with metallic ink\u003cbr data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2032\"\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover\u003cbr data-start=\"2061\" data-end=\"2064\"\u003eDimensions (cm): Approx. 21 × 28\u003cbr data-start=\"2096\" data-end=\"2099\"\u003eLanguage: Ukrainian, English\u003cbr data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2130\"\u003ePages: Unnumbered\u003cbr data-start=\"2147\" data-end=\"2150\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Self-published\u003cbr data-start=\"2184\" data-end=\"2187\"\u003eCondition: Near fine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629920153938,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_c7a9a0bb-f281-42f1-9d62-9050dc3795dc.jpg?v=1770194320","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/ukrzaliznytsia-julie-poly","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}