#christopher herwig

[ektenia]

NARYN, KYRGYZSTAN - SEPTEMBER 2004 : Man getting a shave at the hair salon with its colorful interior.

by Christopher Herwig (source)

[inntervalspauline]

soviet bus stops photographed by christopher herwig

"Architecture, like anything else during the Soviet period, was under strict centralized supervision. While art and grand monuments were expected to advance the state narrative of communism as paradise on earth, sometimes the benign bus stops were overlooked. As a result, hundreds of architecturally distinctive bus stops are now scattered across the former Soviet Republic. Built by individuals who decided to follow their own artistic urges, they found a way of expressing local and artistic ideas, in this small form. Their bus stops were built as quiet acts of creativity against overwhelming state control."

[aperion]

Soviet Bus Stops, study of Christopher Herwig

[akiraeffect]

[4eternal-life]

Christopher Herwig, Soviet Bus Stops

Taraz, Kazakhstan

The Wild Architecture of Soviet-Era Bus Stops

[ektenia]

OSH, KYRGYZSTAN - SEPTEMBER, 2005: Shop keepers at the Osh Bazaar. One of the busiest and most colorful markets in Central Asia.

By Christopher Herwig (source)

[ektenia]

Scenes of daily life in Kashgar, Xinjiang, September 2005, by Christopher Herwig (source)

[ektenia]

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 2005, from Turkmenbashi by Christopher Herwig (source)