Russian pop art photographer Sergey Chilikov captures a nation liberated from the social oppression of late-era Soviet rule – at parties, in the streets, and bouncing high. His exhibition, Photoprovocations, will be at Photo London, 19-22 May. Here: Typography, Cheboksary (1995). (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Arino (1992). Born in 1953, Chilikov co-founded the creative group Fact in 1976, photographing life before and after the dissolution of the USSR. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Cheboksary (1996). Chilikov’s work is a subversive response to the strict Brezhnev era. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Yoshkar-Ola, Matrosova Street (1995). He turned his lens upon Russians – particularly young people – in the newly liberated state. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Tuva (1991). Chilikov also travelled across the former Soviet Union, making studies of towns and the people who lived there. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Nocturnal, Kokshaysk (1996). Chilikov captured his subjects in the privacy of domestic life, away from the oppression of public society. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Jubilee, Yoshkar-Ola (1995). At home, people were free to behave as they wished – Chilikov has frequently photographed parties. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
From the series Old Samara (2003). Fact became champions of non-conformist photography in Russia, running exhibitions and an annual open-air photography festival. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Chorus girls, Cheboksary (1995). Chilikov also has a keen eye for fashion in staged shots such as this group of models. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Yoshkar-Ola (1995). This shot of three girls posing feels more carefree. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
Alatyr’ (1995). Look familiar? This image was used by the US band Beirut in 2005 as the cover of their debut album, Gulag Orkestar. The band had torn it out, uncredited, from a library book in Leipzig. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
From the Russian Regions series, Tuva (1991). The Photo London exhibition of Chilikov’s work is curated by the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow. (Photo by Sergey Chilikov)
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