The decaying architecture of the Soviet Union is the subject of an exhibition that opened this week at the Calvert 22 Foundation in London (+ slideshow).
Italian photographer Eric Lusito explored the ruins of former army bases and monuments
As part of a season exploring the architectural identity crisis in post-Soviet states, Dead Space and Ruins looks at the dilapidated buildings and landscapes left in the wake of the USSR's quest to build utopian cities.
Entitled Traces of the Soviet Empire, it forms part of the photographer's ongoing exploration into the physical remains of the "all-powerful Soviet Empire"
The exhibition features the work of three photographers and one filmmaker.

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All four have looked specifically at the "dead space" that remains in many of these former Soviet nations.
The documentary-style series juxtaposes peeling paintwork and crumbling ceilings with propaganda artworks
Italian photographer Eric Lusito explored the ruins of former army bases and monuments, as part of his ongoing exploration into the physical remains of the "all-powerful Soviet Empire".
Entitled Traces of the Soviet Empire, his documentary-style series juxtaposes peeling paintwork and crumbling ceilings with propaganda artworks. He uses the term "haunting ruins" to describe his subject matter.
Lusito uses the term "hau...