Leningrad 1987 Photo Gallery by Vladimir Babkin at pbase.com

Leningrad 1987

these reportage direct photos were made in Leningrad (St. Petersbourg now) in the course of three travels during 1987. shot black and white and painted with Photoshop, Vassilyaevsky Island and Nevski Prospekt, Lomonosov posselok (small village) etc

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PK		18-Sep-2012 14:17
Great gallery

Brian Collins Art		05-Feb-2010 05:52
One of the better galleries out there. It comes across as somewhat archival and yet somewhat from a great movie. Looking at the images I am reminded of the awesome movie Burnt by the Sun.....although the movie takes place much earlier it reminds me of that type of film making!! Well done!!

Egor Popov		10-Nov-2009 13:30
Outstanding gallery! Thanks for sharing

Lamar Nix		02-Apr-2009 21:50
Exceptional photography! V

settler		11-Jul-2008 15:48
An exceptionally fine and inspiring gallery...V!!!

Guest		30-Jun-2008 09:11
very good job. Congrats Regards Maki

Thomas		17-Jun-2008 16:23
the best gallery of this city so far! excellent tones and people shots, V

Mangles Photography		27-Apr-2008 09:01
Very looveely gallery , greaat wwork

yelena_z		07-Apr-2008 19:49
Ñïàñèáî ñ óäîâîëüñòâèåì ïðîñìîòðåëà âñå))))) Great work++++++++++++++

Ali Majdfar		15-Mar-2008 12:42
Fabulous collection, GMV

Geoff Smith		23-Feb-2008 14:27
Unique, thoughtful, artistic. Beautiful work here!

Gianpaolo Di Lernia		13-Feb-2008 13:57
Compliment Vladimir!

Guest		13-Feb-2008 04:56
Very cool collection.

Guest		07-Feb-2008 09:42
The best !!! Nostalgic ! Bol'shoe SPASIBO !!! -V-

Marisa Livet		06-Feb-2008 18:32
Magnificent! Marisa

Guest		06-Feb-2008 15:33
Fantastic processing! Great images to start with, followed by artistry in the digital domain.

Eldar Kadymov		04-Feb-2008 14:13
Incredible collection, very sweet touch of nostalgy ! V

monique		04-Feb-2008 10:24
Fantastic photography! Human-self demonstraded brilliantly!

Guest		04-Feb-2008 09:56
A fine gallery of great images. V

Guest		03-Feb-2008 21:47
This gallery is incredible... fascinating and inpiring!! Great work!!

Bill Warren		03-Feb-2008 17:45
Digital painting of B&W film: Excellent results. Voted

doron nissim		02-Feb-2008 13:47
I love your work Vladimir - They have a sweet taste and Freedom.

Jean D'Ao�st		02-Feb-2008 03:08
Very artistic, great gallery,

Kiriakos Korakis		30-Jan-2008 21:55
An Amazing gallery ! I'd like in plain Black and white too ! The photoshop job is great ! V !!!

Barry Liimakka		30-Jan-2008 20:38
A fantastic archival gallery with some skillful Photoshop treatments. Vladimir takes nostalgic photos and tweaks them into a contemporary revisitation. I somewhat concur with Niall's remarks. Yet I personally don't quite see these images as historic as much as I see them as a measure of life in Russia which is at that time called the USSR. People adapt to whatever time/situation they live in. People are both constrained by time/circumstance & they rise above it. But my remarks derive from a point of view gained from our own visits to Leningrad in 1985, 87, and 89. Vlad's images are indeed nostalgic of a time now passed, but they also feel cozy & familiar to me. They echo that "vibrant tiredness" which is part & parcel of a fading Soviet Russia & how the people always moved on and dealt with it. But hey, the bottom line here is that this is an extraordinary gallery of imagery based upon an era now fast fading behind us which still evokes a lot of feelings. That's what it's all about & Vlad's images sure do that! A big V++

type		30-Jan-2008 16:46
This gallery makes compelling viewing. One the one hand, it’s an archive of a time and place that was momentous, whether the people in it knew it or not: you can’t not be conscious of the History in the background, one that was shrouded in mystery and suspicion to us in the West. ‘Banal’ photos take on a momentous quality – because we know what went before, and what came after, in present day Russia. One the other hand, the archive has a timeless quality in that the people there are doing things they’ve always done; swimming, fooling around, putting the world to rights in soon forgotten conversations etc. This is the normality that anchors the photos, makes us relate. I’m glad you took these photos and taken the trouble to show them to us. Many of them are excellent in their own right. I think you could edit them down to about half the number here and gain rather than lose impact. Still, I’ll vote for this gallery because I really do think more people should see it.

Guest		30-Jan-2008 13:55
Très jolie gallerie, du bon travail. Bravo ! V

123		29-Jan-2008 16:01
Excellent. V

PauloCGama		28-Jan-2008 22:41
real nice gallery!! cheers

Donald Verger		28-Jan-2008 22:27
wonderful! v

Guest		28-Jan-2008 18:29
Wonderful images & absolut history! v

Guest		28-Jan-2008 14:44
Great gallery, but the few shots with too much overexposed sky (or other light areas) break its unity & look. Shuffle them a bit maybe?

Guest		28-Jan-2008 03:11
Interesting gallery! Great job! Regards, rfu

Gilles VAILLANT		27-Jan-2008 17:11
Great journalist gallery with wonderfull compositions v

Trevor Hovenden		27-Jan-2008 12:37
Stunning.... like them all

Amina Antimonova		27-Jan-2008 05:40
Wonderfull! Excellent! Потрясающе! Спасибо!

Photodelles		26-Jan-2008 21:22
A lot of great pictures.

endre novak		26-Jan-2008 19:24
superb gallery. v

dazkeyte		26-Jan-2008 19:20
Stunning work!!!

GeneWard		26-Jan-2008 18:52
a very interesting gallery; I enjoyed it

z_white		26-Jan-2008 17:36
some really amazing images here. very nice

Guest		26-Jan-2008 16:19
fine gallery Regards Maki

robst		26-Jan-2008 12:07
Nice gallery

fishphotographymirror		25-Jan-2008 18:07
loved this gallery very gritty and full of atmosphere V

Pawe�		25-Jan-2008 15:19
Fajne

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