{"id":12736,"date":"2011-03-11T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T21:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=12736"},"modified":"2011-05-26T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T20:59:32","slug":"alexander-gronsky-less-than-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/11\/alexander-gronsky-less-than-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Gronsky: Less Than 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12739\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/alexandergronsky_BLOG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12739\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12739\" title=\"Alexander Gronsky\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/alexandergronsky_BLOG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/alexandergronsky_BLOG.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/alexandergronsky_BLOG-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of the artist and Gallery.Photographer.Ru.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Estonian photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandergronsky.com\/\">Alexander Gronsky<\/a> traveled to the outermost regions of Russia, where the average population is less than one person per square kilometer. 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