Amber Thieves

Title: Amber Thieves

Photographer/s: Thomas Lobenwein

Date of publication: 08.08.2010

Place of publication: Germany

Dimensions: 13x20cm

Edition size: open

Type of binding: softcover, hardcover(dust jacket)

Number of pages: 36

Type of paper: 60-pound (90g/m2) cream-colored text paper

Number of pictures: 15

Type of printing: black and white

Printer: blurb.com

Publisher: blurb.com

Language: english

Category: fine art photography, POD

Price: $ 11,20

Summary: Digging for Amber.

On a trip through Eastern Europe, some years ago, I visited Kaliningrad, where the worldwide biggest amber state holding company is located. Digging for amber is highly profitable and the owner of the spot, the Sate of Russia, wants to keep the profit itself. Nonetheless a lot of stealing and corruption is going on there, which is tolerated to some extension. Outside the fences of the company area villagers try to gather some small profit too, by digging for amber with their hands, which is not tolerated. I stayed with them for an ‘average’ working day.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 09.05.1966 Erlangen, Germany

Website: www.thomas-lobenwein.de

Book link: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1521123

Donated by: Thomas Lobenwein

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