Frank Herfort captures post-Soviet projects constructed since the fall of Communism
By Sara Malm
Published: 06:59 EST, 15 April 2014 | Updated: 11:21 EST, 15 April 2014
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A photographer spent four years travelling across the former Soviet Union, taking pictures of the grand new buildings constructed since the fall of Communism.
Frank Herfort captured the nouveau imperial splendour in the ex-USSR after driving across Russia and former Soviet republics like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Belarus, between 2009 and 2013.
Architects, it seems, are encouraged to be as bold as possible, as his images show.
You feel that each building wants to scream out, that I'm the best, the biggest, the richest. It is now more a question of prestige, which didnt play any role in the Soviet times, says Herfort, from Germany.
At first I wasnt sure whether I liked these skyscrapers, but the more of them I saw, the more I enjoyed the playful way they simply combined eras such as classicism, Stalinism, the avant-garde, and a touch of Lego.
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Frank Herfort captures post-Soviet projects constructed since the fall of Communism