Long-term project "Imperial Pomp - post Soviet Highrise" on post-Soviet architecture. This architecture is a manifestation visible to all of the birth pains experienced in the countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union. As part of the project, Frank Herfort travelled across Russia and former Soviet republics like Kazakhstan. Some of the images show skyscrapers that appear to have been thrown down to the earths by the gods, set against sleepy, surrealistic backdrops. And in others, single photos of wooden houses standing next to skyscrapers bridge several hundred years of history. The homes are reminiscent of outsized Soviet memorials. They evoke the longing for past grandeur and the current ambition to exceed that greatness.
