Apartment Living In Zarafshon

Zarafshon, Uzbekistan is an isolated town in a mining area. Imagine a Soviet city popping up overnight to support all that rock removal. Block after block of iconic, brutalist style apartment housing.

Typical row of apartment buildings.

Signs of little lives, a tiny kiosk and a small garden.

A block showing its age. And satellite dishes and air conditioners.

Details. A graphic look, ode to László Moholy-Nagy. More air conditioners, new and old, at a market.

Colorful concrete zoo, a break from apartment block monotony.

Desolate Zarafshon

The Uzbek town of Zarafshon is way out there. Take a right out of Navoi and keep going through desert by a few hours. No traffic lights!

At least the city knows how to announce itself after an empty, monotonous drive. Big!

Woman walking. The traveling zoo is in town.

Not much to see on the drive. Windmills and walls.

Bus stop with disappeared benches. It's tough out there. Maybe the nearby camels have a taste for wood.

Construction and auto repair, plenty of room for all activities.