Over a decade ago on a cycling trip across Europe, photographer Christopher Herwig stumbled upon a curious phenomenon that would become his obsession for years: bus stops.
Curiously for a regime usually associated – both architecturally and otherwise – with uniformity and with sameness, the bus stops built by the Soviet Republic display remarkable diversity and creativity.
Herwig made it his mission to photograph as many of these remarkable structures as possible, traveling through Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Russia; Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan; Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Abkhazia.
Now complete, Herwig has launched a Kickstarter to turn this remarkable collection of photographs into a limited edition book, which he describes as “the most mind-blowing collection of creative bus stop design from the Soviet era ever assembled.”
This bus stop comes from Pitsunda, Abkhazia, near the Russian border on the coast of the Black Sea.
You can find this bus stop in Saratak, Armenia, near the Armenian-Turkish border.
Find this bus stop in Pitsunda, Abkhazia, near the Russian border on the coast of the Black Sea.
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