Only the most intrepid urban explorers cross the tattered ruins of the old Iron Curtain to endure the excessive bureaucracy, military paranoia and freezing winds of the East to hunt for the ghosts of an empire. Rebecca Litchfield is one who couldn’t resist the haunting allure of the ruins of the Soviet Union.

Pretty Girls, Ugly Faces is a photo fad in which girls take pictures of themselves while posing in an unflattering manner, making a silly face or performing a physically strenuous activity.

Transgender model and musician Jessica Cortez reacts as she is prepared before walking in the CHULO underwear show during New York Fashion Week, which raised money for transgender and cisgender young women victims of violence, in New York, U.S., February 7, 2019. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

A model presents a creation during the Vivienne Westwood catwalk show at London Fashion Week Women's A/W19 in London, Britain February 17, 2019. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

Models wear creations as part of the Moschino women's Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, February 21, 2019. (Photo by Antonio Calanni/AP Photo)

Model Karlie Kloss has her dress adjusted backstage prior to the Off-White ready to wear Fall-Winter 2019-2020 collection, that was presented in Paris, Thursday, February 28, 2019. (Photo by Thibault Camus/AP Photo)

Russian actor Dmitriy Grachev (C) parodies Vladimir Putin as he presents a creation by Russian designer Ilya Shiyan during the Moscow Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019-2020, in Moscow, Russia, 24 March 2019. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/EFE)

In this Tuesday, January 22, 2019 photo, the wife of Saghir Khan,Anisa Khan, holds their daughter, Alfisa, at the family's house in Mirzapur. Saghir was beaten by a group of Hindus after being spotted transporting cows. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)