Relax in Russia

Photographer Nikita Shokhov devoted two years to his project about Russian vacationers on the beaches of Sochi, Anapa and other Russian resorts. Lovers of the southern tan and night-time party-goers - in this photo project about a vacation on the Black Sea, you will find both, and in general, look at all this "beach culture" from the outside.

(Total 13 photos)

Source: theguardian.com

1. Nikita Shokhov's photographs are similar to Martin Parr's classic photographs, collected in the Last Resort series. (Nikita Shokhov)

2. Like Parr, Shokhov turns his voyeuristic eye on the working-class people who have come to rest in Russian resorts. (Nikita Shokhov)

3. “August. It's hot in the train car from Moscow to Anapa. Mothers with children and pot-bellied men everywhere." (Nikita Shokhov)

4. "The same bodies in the same poses ... warm their delicate skin in the sun." (Nikita Shokhov)

5. Shokhov shoots everything - from a day's rest in a cafe ... (Nikita Shokhov)

6. ... until evening gatherings ... (Nikita Shokhov)

7. … and night parties at parties. (Nikita Shokhov)

8. Shokhov also visited the Kubana festival, where “the bodies lie under the scorching sun all day. This chaos lasts from dusk to dawn. (Nikita Shokhov)

9. "Kubana" is advertised as a "musical marathon on the Black Sea" and specializes in rock music. (Nikita Shokhov)

10. In Russia, the summer is unrealistically hot, so the animals also languish from the heat. The vagaries of nature happen quite often, for example, right at the height of the hot season, hail fell in one of the Siberian cities. (Nikita Shokhov)

11. Sochi hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, but the city itself and its surrounding resorts are better known for their palm trees and heat. (Nikita Shokhov)

12. Shokhov's photographs are saturated with colors and focused on details and individual people. (Nikita Shokhov)

13. "Three weeks later they will return to Central Russia, the Urals or Siberia in the same car and will wait for the next summer." (Nikita Shokhov)