“Snow is like the cosmos itself."

January 6, 2022 1:21 PM

Siberia-based photgrapher Roma Gostev captures the snow-coated serenity of his city Nizhnevartovsk

More contemporary photography from Siberia:

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part I

Meet the photographic talent that call Siberia home | Part II

Landscapes of Siberia: finding humanity amid Russia's wild expanses

posted by mandolin conspiracy (13 comments total)

These are great, but some are NSFW.
posted by jonathanhughes at 1:26 PM on January 6, 2022

I miss the taiga in winter :(
posted by fallingbadgers at 1:26 PM on January 6, 2022

These are great, but some are NSFW.

Oh, come on! I've seen a frozen naked wooly mammoth statue before
posted by y2karl at 1:50 PM on January 6, 2022 [7 favorites]

These are great and I've never heard of any of these artists before. Thanks!

(I'd personally recommend not reading the text that accompanies Tsibizova's great images in the 4th link. It made me cringe a bit as a spectator. But, it's a very minor nitpick about a great post.)
posted by eotvos at 2:19 PM on January 6, 2022

But if I had not read her comments, I might never heard of Siberian gazelles. I had no idea that such existed.
posted by y2karl at 2:33 PM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

I miss the taiga in winter :(

Happy People/A Year in the Taiga | Winter (part 4) if you haven't seen this already.

(And not to be confused with the condensed cut of all four seasons that Werner Herzog made after purchasing the rights to the film.)
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:02 PM on January 6, 2022 [2 favorites]

the condensed cut of all four seasons that Werner Herzog made after purchasing the rights to the film

Wait, what? Really?

Hunh. I guess I know what's going on my YT playlist for the weekend.
posted by soundguy99 at 3:15 PM on January 6, 2022

Hunh. I guess I know what's going on my YT playlist for the weekend.

Make your skis by splitting the wood, not by sawing the wood...
posted by clawsoon at 3:22 PM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

And these are great images, especially the first link, thanks for posting, mandolin conspiracy.

(He says, grumbling under his breath that if it's gonna be this cold in Cleveland (20 degrees F) I want some goddamn snow to go along with it otherwise what's the point?)
posted by soundguy99 at 3:22 PM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

Yes. Herzog made the trappers the focus of the film and cut out almost everything about life in the village. Also much of the v/o narration was written by the filmmaker with Herzog simply re-recording it.

All four original parts (one for each season, starting with spring) are on youtube.

I am pretty sure there's a 'previously' for the film but I'm too lazy to find it right now.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:23 PM on January 6, 2022 [1 favorite]

These are fabulous! Looking forward to spending more time with them, and feeling warm.

My only connection to Siberia is sharing a house with a Siberian cat, who fears and hates snow no matter what I tell him about his heritage.

Also -- does NSFW not mean what I think it means? I scrolled through looking for frigid nudity and I was tragically disappointed. "New Siberian Foto Work", perhaps?
posted by cnidaria at 10:46 PM on January 6, 2022 [3 favorites]

Not always Siberia, but check out Arseniy Kotov (northern.friend on instagram). He spent a little time in Vorkuta and surroundings (a place I can't believe I've actually been!) as parts were about to finally officially be abandoned early last year.
posted by msbrauer at 11:19 AM on January 7, 2022 [1 favorite]

Oh wow, msbrauer, those are some great photos.

And it reminded me that I came across this collection of Vorkuta photography a while back, also via the Calvert Journal.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 2:12 PM on January 7, 2022