Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

[wolfnowl]

Thought this might be of interest to some of the architecture photographers.  An interesting read from the looks of it, and some of the buildings border on haunting, bizarre even.

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05744/facts.frederic_chaubin_cosmic_communist_constructions_photographed.htm

Mike.

[BobDavid]

Thanks for posting this. Interesting...

[BernardLanguillier]

Sounds fascinating indeed.

As often with architecture photography, the relationship between the multiple objectivities of the buildings and the subjectivity of the photographer probably has to be considered as a central element of the work.

Cheers,
Bernard

[RSL]

Thanks, Mike. It's fascinating stuff, and I'm sure it's fascinating no matter how you photograph it, but I have to agree with Bernard that the way it comes off is based on the way the photographer sees it.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

I am a sucker for a clever play on words, so I was initially puzzled by the title, until I realized its acronym is: CCCP

P.S. For those not familiar with cyrillic, it would be: USSR

[RSL]

Actually SSSR, which is the same thing.

[brianrybolt]

Thanks for the post.  Interesting and informative.

Brian