Frederic Chaubin: Soviet Sci-Fi

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Pop Up Storefront Los Angeles showcased some great photos from Frederic Chaubin, the Cambodian born French-Spanish editor of Citizen K magazine. The show, entitled “CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed”, focused on Chaubin’s fascination with the sort of futurist architecture that came out of Soviet Russia’s Cold-War era. I’ve always been quite impressed by Soviet architecture like this; they somehow built real versions of all those artist’s renderings of future societies that people were cranking out in the 50’s and 60’s. I’ve never seen it represented quite so faithfully; Chaubin’s photos really capture that whole utopian society vibe.

PingMag Interview With Caubin
NYT coverage of the show

10 Comments

  1. Tommy says:

    Is it me, or does that top photo look like a giant robot peering over the lake?

  2. greg says:

    They did a similar show in NYC a couple of years ago. It was really amazing stuff. Well worth seeing if you’re in the area.

  3. Jakub says:

    That last photo of that huge office building made me drool on myself

  4. Scott says:

    tommy-
    yeah, exactly what I thought the first time I saw it. love that shot, a blow up for my wall would be nice.

  5. Rent says:

    yeah these definitely look like some buildings straight from a brave new world..badass!

  6. Nikoloz says:

    Construction on the third photo in mine to the country. i live from georgia. Now Russia is at war with my country…

  7. dave says:

    I love these photos. Really amazing work.

  8. Vladimir says:

    Here is the link to read about this period and see more of the original photos of many of the same buildings:
    http://curatorialproject.com/books/sovietmodernism195585.html

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