russian vibe

A 2000 photograph by <n>Jonas Bendiksen</n> from his <n>Satellites</n> series in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan.

This culmination of a fascinating seven-year photographic journey takes viewers through the countries and enclaves once held in orbit by the immense gravity of Moscow, the nucleus of the Soviet empire. Now each region is on its own in a chaotic political environment, sometimes without diplomatic recognition from neighbors, much less the international community. Abkhazia,…

Jonas Bendiksen: Satellites | Aperture

A figure on a balcony overlooks the <n>Vorovskogo Street, 143</n> residential building in Izhevsk, Russia.

<n>Kizhi Pogost</n>, a museum on <n>Kizhi Island</n> in Russia.

A rainy day on <n>Nevsky Prospekt</n> in Leningrad, 1985. Photo by <n>Dmitry Semenido</n>.