Olya Ivanova Posted on 17th September 202017th June 2022 by nr NR Vol. 12 Change · Autumn Winter 2020Published · Print Page Unnumbered Bucuria CAHUL DISTRICT, MOLDOVA — This project was started as an assignment from the British publishing house FUEL. I went to Moldavia and Latvia to photograph soviet style sanatoriums with its inner life, exotic medical treatment, strange food, soviet architecture and beautiful surroundings.One day I found people doing their exercise therapy. At that moment people seemed to me so fragile and so serious that I wanted to show how helpless we are not only in front of the face of death but as life as well. It was the beginning of my own story. Photographing people on treatment, I focused on our cruel physicality, imperfection of human body, unavoidable aging, loneliness and vulnerability of human being. It is also about believing in miraculous healing with leeches, ultraviolet light, underwater massage and oxygen cocktails. Credits From the book Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums for Maryam Omidi, published by FUEL.www.olyaivanova.com About Founded in London in 2016, NR is a bi-annual print publication embracing art, culture, design, fashion and music. Based in Milan since 2021, NR aims at providing in print and online, an archive of features and conversations between creatives within the arts, design, fashion and music spheres. CREATIVE DIRECTORJade Removille TYPEFACESInterHelvetica Neue PUBLISHERNR WORLD DISTRIBUTIONWhiteCirc For any distribution or advertising enquiries, please contact info@nr.world Explore InstagramSoundcloudArchiveNR 16NR 15 StoreContact Stockists Boutique MagsDashwood Books New YorkDover Street Market LondonGood News LondonVillage Books LeedsVillage Books ManchesterIMS, AntwerpIMS, HasseltPapercut StockholmAnouk ViennaOFR Paris10 Corso Como MilanMondadori Milan © NR 2022 All Rights ReservedNR is the property of NR WORLD S.r.l. Made with sustainability in mind, nr.world is cleaner than 70% of web pages testedLegal