Soviet bus stop on the black sea shore // Abkhazia
Nage Komi Dera // Japan
In the ground of Jokan-ji, also know as the ” Nage komi Dera / 投込寺 / the throw away temple” the corpes of more than 2500 nameless women, sex workers of the yoshiwara district, where dumped between 1743 and 1801
Xenomorphic // Switzerland
Biomechanical Venus & Bullet babies at the H.R.Giger museum / Gruyères / Switzerland
At the east of the Dniester river .. nothing // Transnistria
Beyond easy labels of “Soviet theme park” or ” puppet state” given by international press , the breakaway state of Transnistria ( aka Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic ) could be a glimpse into the not so far future of crimea …
Stalin’s Underground Printing House // Georgia
Stalin’s Underground Printing House in Tbilisi (Georgia), from 1903 to 1906 the Bolsheviks printed thousands of trilingual brochures (Georgian, Russian, Armenian) on this old german press.
The 60’s pool // Abkhazia
The 60’s pool // Gagra // Abkhazia
Obsolete body // Georgia
Obsolete body // Georgia
Prayer home // Iran
Prayer home Designed by the iranian architect Kamran Diba nested in the yard of tehran ‘s Carpet
Azadi Tower // Iran
Azadi Tower // 1971 // Architect Hossein Amanat // Tehran // Iran
The tower, commissioned by the Shah of Iran to celebrate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire, as has been since the 70’s an epicenter of celebration, unrest, and revolutionary actions.
Ghost towers of the black sea // Georgia
Ghost towers of the black sea
J. Mayer H. Architects // Anaklia // Georgia