Explore 50 hauntingly beautiful photos of Kyiv’s empty streets during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Witness the surreal quiet of Ukraine’s capital via empr.media. Photos taken from a drone.
Professional photographer Serhiy Ristenko has been using a drone for taking pictures for the last fewy ears.
He used quarantine time to capture the free-from-the-crowd-and-cars capital where he lives and works.
“I like to show not only Kyiv’s famous tourist attractions, but also places where nobody has ever thought to fly,” Serhiy says.
In 2019, one of his photos was among the 25 world’s best taken by drone.
You can find more of his photos here.
See how incredible our capital is. There may be a 2020 world’s best photo among these pictures.
Source: ukrpravda
Tags: COVID-19 Lockdown EMPR.media Empty Streets Kyiv Photography Pandemic Archive Photo Essay Ukraine art
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