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2023Marco Gehlhar photographs an annual gathering in the remote mountains of Bulgaria
2023
Object
1900Rubbing of an Inscription of Bakong
1900
Object
-500One of a Pair of Pellet Bangles with Textile Remnants
-500
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1200One from a Pair of Palanquin Rings
1200
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1900Rubbing of Seated Warriors
1900
Object
1100Small Bell
1100
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1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
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1100Ear Clip
1100
Object
1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
Object
1200One from a Pair of Palanquin Rings
1200
Object
1900Rubbing of Scene of Animals and Shepherds in the Forest
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of Surya, the Sun God
1900
Object
1134Knife with Handle in the form of a Lion Clutching Elephants
1134
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1900Rubbing of a Defiling Army
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of Seated Monkeys
1900
Object
1100Small Bell
1100
Object
1900Rubbing of the Churning of the Sea of Milk
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of Monkeys
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of Scene of Animals and Shepherds in the Forest
1900
Object
1100Libation Vessel in the Form of a Conch
1100
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1100Ear Clip
1100
Object
1700Ornament
1700
Object
1900Rubbing of Apsarases (Dancers)
1900
Object
1900Rubbings of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of an Apsaras (Dancer)
1900
Object
1701War Hat
1701
Object
1167Demons on an Elephant with Nan Brah Dharani, the Earth Goddess, Wringing Water from Her Hair
1167
Object
1900Rubbing of a Figure of Skanda, the God of War
1900
Object
1100Ear Clip
1100
Object
1900Rubbing of a Scene from the Ramayana
1900
Object
1167Demons on an Elephant with Adorant
1167
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1900Scene from the Ramayana
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of the Churning of the Sea of Milk
1900
Object
1167Demons on an Elephant with Adorant
1167
Object
1050Ornament in the Shape of a Lotus Flower
1050
Object
1900Rubbing of Apsarases (Dancers)
1900
Object
1900Rubbing of a Defiling Army
1900
Object
1100Ear Clip
1100
Object
1150Fitting for a Chariot(?)
1150
Object
1200Palanquin Hook and Ring
1200
Object
1Gaming Die
1
Object
1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Object
1925Festive Dress of a Hazara Woman
1925
Object
1400Bowl
1400
Object
1950Chang (jaw harp)
1950
Object
1701Dagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath
1701
Object
1Fragment of an Ivory Comb
1
Object
1100Glass Medallion with Molded Decoration
1100
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1600Carpet
1600
Object
1400Ewer with Lid
1400
Object
1855Dutār
1855
Object
1950Sheep bell
1950
Object
1433Coin
1433
Object
1950Qairaq (stone castanets)
1950
Object
1800Tent Door Hanging
1800
Object
500Ritual Basin
500
Object
1701Khyber Knife
1701
Object
1500Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription
1500
Object
1550Carpet
1550
Object
1701Knife (Khyber) with Sheath
1701
Object
1001Knife Blade
1001
Object
1000High-Tin Bronze Bowl
1000
Object
1Plaque with Loving Couple (Mithuna)
1
Object
1801Shield
1801
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1100Mirror
1100
Object
1950Chang (jaw harp)
1950
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1100Box with Lid
1100
Object
1155Ewer
1155
Object
400Textile with Processions of Rams
400
Object
1027Dinar of Mahmud
1027
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900Bowl
900
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800Bowl
800
Object
1325Inscribed Pen Box
1325
Object
600Textile with Boar's Head Roundels
600
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Object
2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
Object
2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Project
2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Project
2018Charlotte Wales and Chopova Lowena combine 80s wrestling and Bulgarian folklore in Kukeri
2018
Project
2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Project
2020Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek photographs a holiday resort, seemingly only open to Afghan Hounds
2020
Project
2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
Project
2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2018Aron Klein's captivating images of the Bulgarian demon chasers
2018
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Project
2015We speak to Ruvan Wijesooriya about his documentation of a Kabul school
2015
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2021Teodora Georgieva’s documentation of industrialisation in Bulgaria hints to a large-scale, global issue
2021
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Project
2014Prill Vieceli Cremers create stunning work for a cultural project in Afghanistan
2014
Project
2012Sami Kallio
2012
Project
2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2020Kukeri offers a glimpse into the ancient Bulgarian pagan ritual and how the practice has evolved for today
2020
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2019Margaux Senlis photographs the effects of unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
2019
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012