A film on image and identity in the New East, by The Calvert Journal
What is the post-Soviet?
An essay on the term that caught the world’s attention
Post-Soviet visions
Exploring lifestyle and landscape with a generation on the rise
What does it mean to be part of a post-Soviet generation? How does the post-Soviet city, from Tbilisi to Tashkent, continue to inspire the photographers and designers fighting to carve out their own cultural identity?
This four-part special report, which accompanies Calvert 22 Foundation’s new photography exhibition, Post-Soviet Visions: image and identity in the new Eastern Europe, attempts to answer these questions, navigating the territory of the post-socialist and post-communist world through the young creatives who grew up in the shadow of the Berlin Wall’s collapse.
From images and design to music and architecture, this is the post-Soviet world through the eyes of a generation leaving the past behind and entering a brave new world of their own making.
In vogue
A film on post-Soviet style and design in the New East
Post-Soviet fashion
Identity, history and the trend that changed the industry
10 years of Gosha
How one man swept the world with streetwear
Fashion photographers
8 visionaries documenting post-Soviet style from behind the lens
Adidas, a love story
How Russians fell for the iconic three stripes
Post-Soviet music
A film on the sounds of the New East
Free reign
Welcome to Johns’ Kingdom, the Russian record label in a realm of its own
Fortress Techno
In search of the elusive label John's Kingdom
Post-Soviet photography
A film on visual culture in the New East
Take me home
Eastern Europe through the eyes of a new generation
Brazen youth
An ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit
Kiev grunge
The photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth
In bloom
See a generation blossom in Latvia’s magical wilderness
High-rise
Why does the tower block loom so large in post-Soviet-era photography?