Tall large quarto in hardcover boards as issued. 136 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs, plus a section at end in color. Text in English. First edition of 100.

In 1992 photographer Stig Stasig went to Riga, Latvia. Here he photographed in the ruins of the Soviet Union, the heavily congested district of the Muscovite Suburbs, bounded by the railway to one side and the Daugava River on the other. A then closed and impoverished area ruled by crime, why neither police nor facilitators came. The meeting with the residents of the Muscovite Forstate became a milestone for Stig Stasig, who reflected his own loneliness and depression in the unfortunate fates he met. Forstäte is a photographic story about a Muscovite Forstate in 1992 with accompanying text prepared by Birna Kleivan in conversation with Stig Stasig. Book design by Stig Stasig with Michael Jensen of K Grafik. a very intense, poetic and classic photobook documentary.

Published: 2021 edition of 100
Page number: 136
format: 245 x 320 mm
Binding: yarn-stitched book block with front and back pages printed in serigraphy.

The book comes in a customised clamshell with a foil impression, as well as with a numbered and signed print (edition of 100)

Paper: 150 gr. artic volume ivory, 100 gr. munken cristaill rogh and 680 gr. sirio color