When The World Looked Away: The Destruction Of Djulfa Cemetery
Fifteen years after the erasure of one of humanity's most unique monuments, many wonder why the world’s institutions failed to stop its destruction.
Meeting Mother Armenia
The woman behind Yerevan’s most iconic statue.
Uzbekistan’s Badass Street Photographer
The genius of Anzor Bukharsky, one of Bukhara’s only street photographers.
Spy Photos From Communist Czechoslovakia
Secretly taken photographs, some published here for the first time, show the lengths Czechoslovakia’s communist authorities went to to spy on their own citizens.
Russia In The Raw
Dmitry Markov, the photographer using an iPhone to document life on the margins of Russian society.
Leningrad’s Lost Photographer
In 2018, I was the first to report on the discovery of the archive of Masha Ivashintsova, a woman who captured Soviet life but kept her work secret. Since this story was published her remarkable photographic legacy was named one of the most important art discoveries of 2018, and her story is now being made into a documentary by an Oscar-winning production team.
Before The Killings: Rare Photographs Of Russia’s Last Royal Family
After Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed by Bolshevik revolutionaries early on the morning of July 17, 1918, a collection of the royal family's personal photographs was smuggled out of Russia. The albums offer a haunting glimpse into the life of a family destined for tragedy.
Finding Rasputin
Viktor Prolubshikov says he is a descendant of Rasputin. He was born in the same village and claims to share Rasputin's healing abilities, but some locals dispute his lineage.
Smooth Transition
In 2019 I broke the story of Kazakhstan’s new leader releasing heavily photoshopped images from official outings.
The Forgotten Photographer Of Soviet Uzbekistan
The man who made a remarkable record of life in the fledgling Uzbek S.S.R. before being driven from his career and toward tragedy.
Georgia’s Mysterious Mountain Crypt
It's one of the eeriest sites in the Caucasus, but widely reported stories of locals entombing themselves to save their village from disease are likely only legends.