True Russia

A wonderful, whimsical journey through the pioneering space-race graphics of the former Soviet Union. This otherworldly collection of Soviet space-race graphics takes readers on a cosmic adventure through Cold War-era Russia. Created against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, the extraordinary images featured, taken from the period’s hugely successful popular-science magazines, were a vital tool for […]

Photographer Christopher Herwig has covered more than 30,000 km by car, bike, bus and taxi in 14 former Soviet countries discovering and documenting these unexpected treasures of modern art. From the shores of the Black Sea to the endless Kazakh steppe, these extraordinary bus stops show the range of public art from the Soviet era […]

Architecturally diverse and ideologically staunch, Soviet sanatoriums were intended to edify and invigorate. Visiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak they were visited by millions of citizens across the USSR every […]

Det här är den stora bildbiografin om Astrid Lindgren, en kvinna lika fantastisk som hennes egna historier. Flickan från landet som blir gravid och tvingas lämna bort sonen. Hon svälter i storstaden, kämpar för att få tillbaka barnet, börjar skriva och blir en älskad och engagerad författare. Detta generösa bildverk visar Astrid Lindgrens liv i […]