Orthodox Chic

Published by Osnovy Publishing, Kiev

Photographed before the invasion of independent Ukraine by Russia, the authors take on an unusual photographic tour of Ukraine’s post-Soviet era church buildings in six chapters with titles such as ‘Unexpected Construction’ showing churches that have appeared everywhere from street corner kiosks to impossibly small spaces between established buildings – the determination to create sacred spaces overriding logical urban planning.

Authors Alex Bykov and Oleksandr Burlaka are architects, and Sasha Kurmaz an artist