Christopher Herwig didn't plan on taking 9,000 photographs of bus stops across Central Asia, but that's how the last 23 years have panned out.
A small fraction of those photos — taken in places like Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Ukraine — now make up the pages of Herwig's new book, "Soviet Bus Stops."
Each stop reimagines the simple construction of a bench encased by glass. Even in the middle of nowhere, they are functional pieces of art.
"People get this feeling that something's been discovered," Herwig says, "even if it's sitting out in plain view."
The disputed region of Abkhazia lies adjacent to Georgia. Though many have never heard of the region, Herwig says it contains many of his favorites from the collection.
Like this one, whose architect skipped designing a roof on artistic principle, Herwig says. "It's just so monumental."
Elsewhere in Abkhazia the designs are slightly more industrial.
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