
Hippies relaxing near ruins, L'viv, 1978
Maker: Unknown
Date Made: between 1978-1981; 1970s; 1980s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; pencil
Method: photographic prints
Measurements: photo: 3 5/8 in x 5 5/8 in; full print: 3 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in
Language: Russian
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs
Hippies relax around the stone wall of an old building either in Riga in 1978 or L'viv between 1980-1981. The group is clustered into two groups. At left, four people sit atop a wooden crate. They are seated in a row and they face towards the left. From left to right are: Vasya, Olya Chornaya (both from Moscow), Lena and Alik. Alik wears a jacket that emulates the military-inspired jackets worn by the Beatles for the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Behind them, a stone wall rises. A low ledge extends off the wall and to the right. One man sits on the ledge. He sits facing to the left, but looks to the right. Another person stands in front of and to the right of him. Their back is to camera and they are bent over. Bags and satchels sit atop the ledge at right. Per the caption and by process of elimination, one of the men at right is Jonas.
Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.1004