Herwig, Christopher, photographer.

Soviet metro stations / Christopher Herwig, Owen Hatherley ; [edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell].

London : Martin & Sorrell FUEL Ltd, 2019.
©2019

247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 x 21 cm

For us, said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, there was something supernatural about the Metro. Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s, it is easy to see why. Rather than the straightforward systems of London, Paris or New York, these networks were used as a propaganda artwork, a fusion of sculpture, architecture and art that combined Byzantine, medieval, baroque and constructivist ideas and infused them with the notion that communism would mean a 'communal luxury' for all. Today these astonishing spaces remain the closest realization of a Soviet utopia. Following his bestselling quest for 'Soviet Bus Stops', Canadian photographer 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 the elements that make up this singular Soviet experience: neon, concrete, escalators, signage, mosaics and relief sculptures all combine to build a vivid map of the Soviet Metro. 'Soviet Metro Stations' includes an essay by the leading architectural and political writer Owen Hatherley, author of the acclaimed books Landscapes of Communism (2015), Trans-Europe Express (2018) and The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space.

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Herwig, Christopher.
Architectural photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Subway stations Soviet Union Pictorial works.
Subway stations Russia (Federation) Pictorial works.
Subway stations Former Soviet republics Pictorial works.
Subways Russia (Federation) Pictorial works.
Subways Former Soviet republics Pictorial works.
Photographie d'architecture.
Photographie artistique.
Stations de métro URSS Ouvrages illustrés.
Stations de métro Russie Ouvrages illustrés.
Stations de métro Ex-URSS Ouvrages illustrés.
Métros Russie Ouvrages illustrés.
Métros Ex-URSS Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
21.40 photographic art: general.
Buildings.
Subway stations.
Subways.
Fotografie
Untergrundbahnstation
volume nc.
text txt.
unmediated n.
Former Soviet republics Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union Former Soviet republics.
Sowjetunion

photobooks.
illustrated books.
Photobooks.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Livres de photographies.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Hatherley, Owen, writer of added text.
Murray, Damon, editor.
Sorrell, Stephen, editor.
Hatherley, Owen author.

Stant︠s︡ii sovetskogo metro
Stant︠s︡ii sovetskogo metro = Soviet metro stations

Location: Library main y 307126
Call No.: BIB 252633
Status: Available