In documenting a unique phenomenon, the German photographer Frank Herfort has journeyed to the most remote areas of the former Soviet Union. After the collapse of the regime, a strangely pompous architectural style sprung up throughout the new republic. It conflates the aesthetics of monumental Soviet architecture with the Western language of form seen in the twentieth century.
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Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
Imperial Pomp – Post Soviet High-Rise © Frank Herfort
