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Palimpsests

PALIMPSESTS

Palimpsests is a photographic exploration of post-Soviet built environment looked at from the perspective of the everyday. Photographed between 2010 and 2017 in over 70 urban locations in five post-Soviet countries, it captures the most mundane and typical elements of landscape — supermarkets, industrial areas, office blocks and housing of various types and times, private homes, schools, stations, government buildings, etc. that could be seen in almost any locality across the ex-Soviet Union. 

The book Palimpsests has been published in 2018 by Ad Marginem Press with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. Please see a video presentation and how to order it here.

Every caption is a link to Google Street View or Google Maps. Please click on each image to enlarge it and view it in all the details. 

You may also read:

A review of the Invisible Landscape exhibition by Anna Tolstova (in Russian)

An interview about the Palimpsests project at The Velvet Cell's Transmissions (in English)

A review of Palimpsests project and book by Olga Deryugina at Aroundart.org (in Russian)

A review of the book Palimpsests by Cary Benbow at F-Stop (in English)

An interview about Palimpsests at The Village (in Russian)

A review of Palimpsests by Sally McGrane in Intervowen (in English)

A review of Palimpsests book by Jonathan Blaustein at aPhotoEditor (in English)

A review of Palimpsests book by Douglas Stockdale at Photobook Journal (in English)

An interview about Palimpsests at the Panorama Journal (in English)

An interview about the Palimpsests project at Strelka mag (in Russian)

A review of the group show New Landscape and an essay by Maria Elkina (in Russian)

A review of Palimpsests by Willson Cummer at New Landscape Photography blog (in English)

An interview with Petr Antonov and Anastasia Tsayder about the group show New Landscape (in English)

A review of the group show New Landscape at Eye of Photography (in English and French)

Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
Commentary on the Landscape, a solo show at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, May 25 – July 11, 2021
16 January 2011, 47°08'19.3"N 51°56'29.6"E
16 February 2013, 55°48′1.16″N, 37°36′56.04″E
17 May 2013, 54°47′58″N, 32°2′13″E
16 February 2013, 55°48′4″N, 37°36′57″E
30 March 2011, 52°48′0.63″N, 87°51′16.51″E
12 July 2010, 37°28′28.08″N, 71°35′34.82″E
13 April 2014, 51°49′20.99″N, 107°34′41.6″E
20 May 2014, 46°39′38.41″N, 141°51′22.15″E
18 May 2014, 42°50′23.87″N, 132°54′29.53″E
24 August 2013, 51°18′1″N, 37°50′36″E
8 April 2014, 56°20′34.58″N, 43°56′24.29″E
10 April 2011, 53°44′21.69″N, 86°56′26.64″E
4 November 2013, 57°45′26.1″N, 40°56′41.55″E
30 March 2014, 59°12′40.4″N, 39°54′18.31″E
21 May 2014, 46°54′0.57″N, 142°44′38.89″E
28 April 2013, 47°54’44.19”N, 106°54’51.76”E
16 October 2014, 50°35′22.11″N, 36°36′23.6″E
24 August 2013, 51°18′42.67″N, 37°50′52.56″E
23 June 2014, 54°59′4.71″N, 73°22′43.57″E
14 April 2014, 51°49′54.83″N, 107°34′36.42″E
24 August 2013, 51°18′54.76″N, 37°53′53.95″E
19 October 2013, 55°01'11.6"N 82°55'12.0"E
Russian Palimpsest as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now at Calvert22 Gallery, London, 2014
Russian Palimpsest as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now at Calvert22 Gallery, London, 2014
Russian Palimpsest as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now at Calvert22 Gallery, London, 2014
Russian Palimpsest as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now at Calvert22 Gallery, London, 2014
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Invisible Landscapes, a solo show at ROSPHOTO Museum, St. Petersburg, Sept-Oct 2020
Palimpsests at International Center of Photography in New York City as part of ICP Projected, 2018; photo by Logan Bellew
Palimpsests at International Center of Photography in New York City as part of ICP Projected, 2018; photo by Logan Bellew
Palimpsests at International Center of Photography in New York City as part of ICP Projected, 2018; photo by Logan Bellew
Palimpsests at International Center of Photography in New York City as part of ICP Projected, 2018; photo by Logan Bellew
Postcard Views: Russian Topographics, showing parts of Russian Palimpsest at Schusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow, 2014-15, photo by Marina Shilina
Postcard Views: Russian Topographics, showing parts of Russian Palimpsest at Schusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow, 2014-15, photo by Marina Shilina
Postcard Views: Russian Topographics, showing parts of Russian Palimpsest at Schusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow, 2014-15, photo by Marina Shilina
Postcard Views: Russian Topographics, showing parts of Russian Palimpsest at Schusev Museum of Architecture, Moscow, 2014-15, photo by Marina Shilina
Russian Palimpsest on show as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now, Mead Gallery, Warwick Art Centre, Coventry, 2015, photo by Francis Ware
Russian Palimpsest on show as part of Close and Far: Russian Photography Now, Mead Gallery, Warwick Art Centre, Coventry, 2015, photo by Francis Ware
Palimpsests book launch and exhibition at Triumph Gallery, Moscow. Photo by Nastya Pozhidaeva
Palimpsests book launch and exhibition at Triumph Gallery, Moscow. Photo by Nastya Pozhidaeva
Palimpsests book launch and exhibition at Triumph Gallery, Moscow. Photo by Nastya Pozhidaeva
Palimpsests book launch and exhibition at Triumph Gallery, Moscow. Photo by Nastya Pozhidaeva
Palimpsests book launch and exhibition at Triumph Gallery, Moscow. Photo by Nastya Pozhidaeva
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, 2018; installation photo by Luba Kabalinova.
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, 2018; installation photo by Luba Kabalinova
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, 2018; installation photo by Luba Kabalinova
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow, 2019
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow, 2019
Palimpsests at group show New Landscape at Museum of Art, Kazan, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show Metageography: Orientalism and Robinsons' Dreams, Zarya Center for Contemporary Art, Vladivostok, October 10, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
Palimpsests as part of group show New Landscape, Krasnoyarsk Museum, November 3, 2018 - January 4, 2019
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