An unremembered Russia, known to the world as the old Soviet Union, has been brought alive in a new series 'The Line' captured by photographer David de Rueda. From neglected hangars to uninhabited buildings, from forgotten congress rooms to the threatening Chernobyl, every image in the set speaks of unfulfilled hopes and snuffed out dreams.
David travelled across the Balkan and Eastern Europe to create a photo-series of left-behind Soviet relics that were once known as the very landmarks during the Civil War.
The emptiness of each site is palpable in every frame. And so is the inquisitiveness of the Franco-German photographer, who even risked his life (while visiting the cooling chambers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) to ensure that he canvases the solitary reality of the places.
1. Pripyat, the abandoned city near Chernobyl
2. An empty cafe in Pripyat
David de Rueda
3. A self-portrait at Chernobyl's deserted bus station
4. The rejected Ferris wheel in Chernobyl
5. A forsaken train that no longer chugs in Budapest, Hungary
6. The enveloping emptiness of a 30-year-old rejected building
7. The loneliness of another forsaken site
8. Cooling tower at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
9. Concrete graveyards of the Balkans and Eastern Europe
10. A resting hangar in Kazakhstan for the soviet space shuttle Buran.
11. An unattended hall
12. Attended but emptier still
13. A cemented jungle
14. A decommisioned radar station
15. A concert hall in Tallinn, Estonia
16. An alien-like Moscow power plant
17. Pripyat Hospital
18. A lost civilization
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