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Christopher Herwig

160x200 mm hardback
248 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9957455-6-8
Published in 2019

10% goes to the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Following his best-selling quest for Soviet Bus Stops, Christopher Herwig has completed a subterranean expedition – photographing the stations of each Metro network of the former USSR. From extreme marble and chandelier opulence to brutal futuristic minimalist glory, Soviet Metro Stations documents this wealth of diverse architecture. Along the way Herwig captures individual elements that make up this singular Soviet experience: neon, concrete, escalators, signage, mosaics and relief sculptures all combine build an unforgettably vivid map of the Soviet Metro.

With an essay by leading architecture, politics and culture author and journalist Owen Hatherley.

Reviews

The heavens underground
The Calvert Journal


Palaces of the people: Soviet metro stations - in pictures
The Guardian


Opulent chandeliers, marble columns and Lenin sculptures: Mesmerising photographs of the former USSR’s stunning metro stations
Daily Mail Online


'Palaces of the people': Inside the lavish metro stations of the Soviet era
CNN travel

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