The Power of Books – artwork by Mladen Penev
Artist Mladen Penev created a series of photographs in 2005 titled “The Power of Books” for the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The photos are striking, and a few make me feel good to look at. (A few I find a bit shocking in the violence, but perhaps they fit murder mystery books.) His series speaks to the way we can get absorbed in the world inside a book.
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“The Power of Books” by Mladn Penev |
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“The Power of Books” by Mladn Penev |



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February 25th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
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