Decay Of Civilization- Themed Image Thread
For this year’s vacation we had a theme-the decay of Soviet Latvia. We have spent hours in the car visiting the most remote places in search for old abonded houses, collective farms and Soviet military objects. Hundreds of pictures, 2000 km through small countryside and forest roads. There was also moment, we should return, because we did not trust the road- I was staying till me knees in mud and water. I still should post process these images and write stories. These two images are from Riga- Sampeteris. My grandmother lived in this very quiet place and I have spent many days on these streets and my family still lives here. I remember the shop located in this house. It was an empty glass bottle collection point. For a glass bottle you can get 1 or 2 kopecks, the ice-cream in that time (60s-70s) cost 20 kopecks. So I was a keen bottle collector to earn my ice-cream. And not only me, my sister and later her sons did the same. Actually, all children who grow up there did it. In the beginning of 90s the shop was closed and abounded, but still there are some traces of its past.