Religious icon of a saint with a halo, holding a book, with Cyrillic script, mounted on a white wall with a light switch below.
Person sitting on a wooden bench with tattoos on both forearms; one tattoo is a Celtic cross and the other is a portrait of Jesus Christ with a crown of thorns and red tears.
A dark room with a black upright piano, two small potted plants on top, and a green double door with glass panels leading outside. There is a small green rug on the floor in front of the door.
Three large, weathered green industrial tanks with pipes attached, positioned against a concrete wall, with sparse vegetation and a black cat walking in front.
An older man with glasses and a young boy sitting together on a concrete bench in front of a weathered, corrugated metal fence. The man is wearing a short-sleeved button-up shirt and jeans, while the boy is dressed in a dark t-shirt and shorts. They are outdoors with greenery in the background.
A woman in a pink dress walking on a sidewalk near a row of trees and bushes under an overcast sky.
A yellow car covered in a clear plastic protective cover parked on the side of the street in front of a wooden fence and houses under a partly cloudy sky.
A small orange building with a metal awning over the door, two windows with decorative iron bars, a sign in Georgian script on top, gray pavement in front, and neighboring structures on either side, under a partly cloudy sky.
Store display of orange mannequin torsos in glass cabinets and on shelves.
A young woman sitting on a windowsill inside an apartment, with a cityscape and a building with a golden dome in the background. There are two potted plants on the windowsill.
An elderly man with a beard wearing a light blue shirt, beige pants, and yellow slides standing on an empty cracked street with industrial buildings in the background and mountains in the distance.
Children playing soccer on a grassy field with football goals, surrounded by a forested hillside.
Two tall, concrete apartment buildings with multiple windows and balconies, laundry hanging outside, and a grassy field with a person walking, under a partly cloudy sky.
An elderly man sitting in front of a weathered building with a rusty metal door, some greenery, and a sign with foreign script.
A pink brick apartment building with several windows, some with metal bars, and graffiti on the lower part of the wall. There are leafless trees in the foreground and a green metal fence on the right side.
An old vintage television set with a wood panel exterior lying on the ground outdoors in a grassy area.
A blurry person riding a bicycle past a green building with graffiti, a corrugated metal roof, and small boarded-up windows, with a high-rise apartment building in the background.
Dead bird lying on the ground among dry grass, dirt, small rocks, and weeds.
A man in dark clothing walks past a white wall with graffiti reading 'wish you were here,' with a dilapidated building with open windows and a satellite dish above.
A young woman with brown hair and fair skin is seated on a bed covered with a geometric-patterned blanket. She is wearing a black and white striped t-shirt with a graphic of flowers on the front, and is looking towards the camera with a slight smile. The background features a yellow wooden wall with vertical planks and circular decorative accents.
A woman sitting at a table seen through a small square hole in a cardboard or partition, with wooden slats in the background.
Icons of religious figures, including Jesus Christ, displayed in a window with reflections of the street outside.
Open gravel lot with trucks and trailers parked, apartment buildings in the background, and trees and bushes along the perimeter.
People jumping into the water from a concrete pier at the beach, a boat in the distance on a calm sea, overcast sky.
A man in military camouflage pants and a yellow t-shirt standing on a grassy hilltop with mountain ranges in the background.
A young woman in a striped t-shirt and black pants standing on an empty city street during daylight.
Decomposed animal carcass on grass in a field.
A woman standing in a rectangular hole in a weathered, beige wall, looking at her phone. The wall has cracked and peeling paint with some exposed brickwork. There are electric wires crossing in front of her.
A woman wearing a light-colored puffy jacket with a patterned headscarf walking on an urban street in front of a large, historic building with multiple floors, decorative architectural elements, and parked cars.
A light blue vintage van is parked on a street with a green wooden fence behind it. There are leafless trees and a cream-colored building with white windows nearby. Overhead power lines run across a cloudy sky.
A man in dark clothing walking on a dirt path in front of a tall, worn apartment building with balconies and laundry hanging outside.
A cow standing alone in a vast green field surrounded by mountains, with a fallen tree and cloudy sky overhead.

On May 9 the countries that were part of the Soviet Union celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War.

The war was one of the stands used to generate a genuine patriotic pride among the soviet citizens. After their dissolution, countries like Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine or Belarus have been generating their own identity, frequently under a common thread marked by russian economic and political dominance.

The project is a journey through their urban landscapes and their people, and runs between commemoration and rupture. Between the inherited elements and the construction of the new ones.

Two elderly men sitting on a bus. The man on the left has gray hair, a mustache, and is wearing a black shirt. The man on the right has a beard, a black cap, and is wearing a striped shirt. Other passengers are visible in the background.
A weathered, white wall with graffiti spelling 'ключар' in red spray paint. There are two yellow and red signs in a foreign language, likely Bulgarian, advertising locksmith services. The door is rusty and boarded up, and the ground appears dirty and uneven.
A man walking across a city street with a yellow shopping bag, surrounded by cars and apartment buildings under a cloudy sky.
The image shows a man with dark hair in a black jacket standing in a subway train, facing away, with other passengers in the background, some standing and some sitting.