...in my sobriety, behind the old facade

January 27, 2008 7:08 AM

Art Deliverance - Alex Klochkov's gallery of abandonment from the Soviet Union. There's next to no explanation of the photos, unfortunately. Indirectly via Retrospectacle's post about the brain lab.
posted by Wolfdog (13 comments total)

Wow.
posted by jouke at 7:23 AM on January 27, 2008

They do some interesting lighting tricks: f.i. taking a long exposure of a dark space and walking through it with a lamp, lighting out the interesting bits.
posted by jouke at 7:31 AM on January 27, 2008

Those are some magnificent photos.

I totally agree with you jouke, the way he used the lighting makes them that much better.
posted by treesarefree at 8:31 AM on January 27, 2008

These are great, but I really wish he'd used thumbnails.
posted by Brocktoon at 8:34 AM on January 27, 2008

On that last set, I've got to say they've really got courage climbing up to the top of that cooling tower on that rusty ladder.
posted by crapmatic at 9:08 AM on January 27, 2008

Great post. Thanks, Wolfdog.
posted by generalist at 9:39 AM on January 27, 2008

Superb. The lack of explanation is annoying, but the abandoned manor is Muromtsevo (Муромцево), southeast of the city of Vladimir; you can see more photos here (text in Russian).
posted by languagehat at 10:01 AM on January 27, 2008

Very nice - the use of his friends makes them rather good fun too.
posted by rhymer at 12:12 PM on January 27, 2008

Is that a freakin' Crocodile?
posted by Po0py at 1:00 PM on January 27, 2008

That fotog's lady friends are fit!
posted by Tullius at 2:48 PM on January 27, 2008

Nice, like a photo tour of The Zone
posted by crank at 3:08 PM on January 27, 2008

Is that a freakin' Crocodile?
posted by Po0py at 1:00 PM on January 27 [+] [!]

I think they photoshopped it.
posted by proj08 at 4:34 PM on January 27, 2008

p.s. Great post, thanks.
posted by proj08 at 4:34 PM on January 27, 2008