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"There is an element of poetry in reality": how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

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"There is an element of poetry in reality": how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo
Kyiv, 1966

In 1966, Georg Oddner, one of Sweden's most prominent photographers of the 20th century, visited Kyiv. Using his camera, he preserved and passed on to us the shades of life in the Ukrainian capital and its inhabitants in those days.

The unique photos were published in the community "Thirst: Kyiv is interesting" on Facebook. You can see what the city was like 57 years ago.

"Kyiv, 1966. This is how the Swedish photographer Georg Oddner saw the city and people of that time: "There is an element of poetry in reality, and I want to capture it," the post reads.

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

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''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

''There is an element of poetry in reality'': how one of Sweden's most prominent photographers saw Kyiv in 1966. Photo

Kyiv, 1966.

Source: Georg Oddner

Georg Oddner (October 17, 1923 - October 7, 2007) was one of Sweden's most prominent photographers of the twentieth century. He worked as a jazz musician and studied advertising in the 1940s, when he was first introduced to photography through John Melin, the art director of Svenska Telegrambyrån in Malmö, the largest advertising agency in Scandinavia. Since then, Oddner has worked on a variety of advertising jobs, including industrial, architectural, and fashion.

As a reminder, the Lvivska Brama ghost station of the Syretsko-Pecherska subway line in Kyiv is one of the most favorite objects of urban diggers and extreme tourism enthusiasts. The unfinished facility of the Kyiv subway is shrouded in mystery and legend.

In Kyiv in the 1970s, the water level in the Dnipro River was very low. As a result, large shoals could be seen between the islands located between the left and right banks of the city.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, for a long time the Central Railway Station was considered the main gate of Kyiv. In 1915, an unknown amateur photographer took several photos of its main users - passengers.

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