About the Author

Tomasz Kizny is a Polish photographer and journalist.

Reviews

[Starred Review: ] Amazing book... These rare and historically significant photographs can only hint at the appalling horrors committed within the camps, and the importance of the book cannot be overstated.-- (12/01/2004)

An extraordinary book.--January Magazine (01/01/2006)

Had Alexander Solzhenitsyn's forte been gathering photographs he would have created a book like Tomasz Kizny's.--Globe and Mail (12/04/2004)

Hundreds of photos of gulag inmates and their surroundings... introduced by short and damning essays... an essentially arresting and haunting compilation.-- (12/01/2004)

Impressive... a stunning indictment of Soviet totalitarianism... many memorable images in this powerful book. Summing Up: Highly recommended.-- (05/01/2005)

Listed in January Magazine's Best of 2004: Extraordinary... unforgettable... Gulag is much more than a book: it's a lifework.-- (12/01/2004)

Massive... What makes Kinzy's book distinct from previous Gulag expos�s is its powerful pictorial testimony... essays, historical notes, government records and eyewitness accounts that provide crucial background for the images.-- (12/04/2004)

Powerful and moving... It's tough and many of the photographs will send a chill down your spine.-- (11/28/2004)

Some book reviews could consist in their entirety of the phrase "Read this book." Here's a good example... it demands your upright posture, at a table or desk, studying the sheer enormity of the atrocity known as the Gulag... Read this book.-- (10/31/2004)

Unique... certainly the widest ranging and most complete album of Gulag photographs ever published.-- (03/24/2005)

A stark visual reminder of the tens of millions of zeks, or putative convicts, who perished.--Carlin Romano"Philadelphia Inquirer" (12/12/2004)