Inside The Rooms Of Hermits, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
Every week, we curate the best new photography and photojournalism on the web, so you can spend your weekend kicking back and enjoying some beautiful pictures. Here are this week's picks:
Inside The Homes Of Hermits
When the Russian photographer Natalia Ershova was in school, working on her journalism degree, she fell ill. As a result, she was unable to leave home for two months. To combat the isolation and loneliness, she communicated with friends online. "I often stayed up at night, working on my diploma, and corresponding simultaneously with those in my networks," she remembers.
It was during this time that she discovered many of her peers were staying at home voluntarily, without going into an office to work every day. One was a young woman she's known since childhood; another was her husband's former classmate, and a third studied at the same university as she did. While she had trouble adapting to life at home, she found others preferred it.
[Read more at Feature Shoot]
This Isn't A UFO — It's An Abandoned Communist Monument In The Mountains Of Bulgaria
No, these images weren't taken in a universe far, far away, though we understand the confusion. This UFO-like structure is Bulgaria's Buzludzha Monument, an abandoned communist congress hall designed by architect Georgi Stoilov and completed in 1981. Perched at 1,441 meters above sea level, Stoilov made concessions in his plans for the saucer-shaped body and accompanying tower to withstand its location's extreme winter conditions, violent winds, and earthquake risk.
[Read more at Plain Magazine]