New East Digital Archive

Coming Of Age

Post-Soviet youth: a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a post-Soviet generation is coming of age in the New East

Post-Soviet youth: a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a post-Soviet generation is coming of age in the New East

Brazen youth: an ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit

Brazen youth: an ode to St Petersburg’s exuberant spirit

Kiev grunge: the photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth

Kiev grunge: the photographer capturing timeless portraits of Ukrainian youth

Life in focus: my camera helped me come to terms with my mental health

Life in focus: my camera helped me come to terms with my mental health

No Silence: growing up LGBTQ in the forgotten world of Transnistria

No Silence: growing up LGBTQ in the forgotten world of Transnistria

Tashkent in your twenties: inside Uzbekistan’s hidden party scene

Tashkent in your twenties: inside Uzbekistan’s hidden party scene

Your Name: watch the premiere of Kedr Livanskiy’s intoxicating ode to teen recklessness and romance

Your Name: watch the premiere of Kedr Livanskiy’s intoxicating ode to teen recklessness and romance

Selfies, tattoos and Kalashnikovs: inside the digital life of a 20-something Ukrainian war veteran

Selfies, tattoos and Kalashnikovs: inside the digital life of a 20-something Ukrainian war veteran

Kantemir Balagov: the twenty-something from the North Caucasus who wowed Cannes

Kantemir Balagov: the twenty-something from the North Caucasus who wowed Cannes

Sasha Rudensky

Sasha Rudensky

Digging deeper: life lessons from an archaeological summer camp

Digging deeper: life lessons from an archaeological summer camp

Stoned immaculate: share a 420 moment with Kiev's beautiful young drifters

Stoned immaculate: share a 420 moment with Kiev’s beautiful young drifters

Girl, interrupted: explore the struggles of small-town Poland through the eyes of a twelve-year-old

Girl, interrupted: explore the struggles of small-town Poland through the eyes of a twelve-year-old

Forget Brexit: these joyous photo stories remind us why it still feels good to be in the EU

Forget Brexit: these joyous photo stories remind us why it still feels good to be in the EU

Wide awake: Polish youth shrugs off the weight of history in All These Sleepless Nights

Wide awake: Polish youth shrugs off the weight of history in All These Sleepless Nights

Home stretch: a photographer revisits the Chelyabinsk gymnastics school of her childhood

Home stretch: a photographer revisits the Chelyabinsk gymnastics school of her childhood

You looking at me? 21 portrait photographers from the new east you must see

You looking at me? 21 portrait photographers from the new east you must see

Sons of anarchy: disaffected youth as you've never seen it before in new Russian comedy Rag Union

Sons of anarchy: disaffected youth as you’ve never seen it before in new Russian comedy Rag Union