October 20, 2006
Strange Soviet Architecture with bonus Crazy Frenchmen in Chernobyl
Click here for an interview with the photographer, Frederic Chaubin. Some of these buildings are stunning, though the first one is my favorite.
If that's not enough Soviet-strangeness for you, perhaps you would enjoy this collection of photographs of Chernobyl. I found a couple of things particularly interesting.
One:
The story that English Russia provides is that a crazed French artist visited Chernobyl and made these surreal paintings on buildings. I suppose its certainly possible.
Two:
The city is being eaten by the forest. I think someone wrote a book on this (Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl).
Posted by eatingbark at October 20, 2006 10:21 AM | TrackBackThat second picture looks just like Trnava, except with more trees!
Posted by: bo at October 21, 2006 12:31 PMI like the idea of trees eating a city, kind of like a reverse Wump World.
Posted by: goober at October 23, 2006 01:24 PM