Competition Gallery
Maria Gruzdeva
Cityscape, Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Man in Mask, combatant of the Alpha group, an elite Russian counter-terrorism unit
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Shooting range, Border Guard Service base, Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Hammer and Sickle monument, Vinogradnoe, Krasnodar region
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Soldiers carrying out public works, Korzunovo, Pechengsky district, Murmansk region
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Helmets left after a training session of the Alpha group combatants
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Artem and Ilya, Novossiysk embankment
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
Kabardinka harbour, Krasnodar region
The Borders of Russia is a photographic study of the Russian border and the community of the Border Guard Service tasked with its defence and patrol. A complicated Soviet past coupled with the vast geography of Russia has made border territories problematic politically, physically and culturally. To Gruzdeva they best illustrate the state of modern Russia and how it is shaping its identity. The project explores the connection between the disturbance of territorial boundaries and identities, and serves as a study of cultural symbols associated with collective identity, and landscape as the metaphoric representation of this identity.
In part supported by IdeasTap
