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Beyond Sochi

In the build up the 2014 Winter Olympics Thomas Dworzak documents the transformation of the Russian seaside city of Sochi

Thomas Dworzak

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Monument near the Chechen border for a dozen Russian military paratroopers killed by alleged Chechen Islamic militants when their helicopter was shot down in 2002. Ingushetia, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi During the Soviet Union, the massive Stalinist sanatoria of Sochi would fill up every summer with workers from the farthest, coldest reaches of Russia. Today still, deserving employees from state i (...)

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Ballet on Spa promenade. Kislovodsk, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Man holds flowers in flower bag. Sochi, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Priest of Nekrassov-Cossack Russian orthodox old believer community. Near Budeonovsk, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Vladimir Putin at an ice-skating event. Sochi, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Chechen migrant worker having a swim at the Olympic site. Sochi, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Cossack parade. Krasnodar, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi House exterior lit by colored lights. Sochi, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Synagogue of Mountain Jews during Rosh Hashanah. Nalchik, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Cossack wedding. Stravropol, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Sanatorium 'Metallurg'. Sochi, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Cossack cadets. Kropotkin, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

Thomas Dworzak | Beyond Sochi Kabardin horses heading to summer pastures in the Caucasian mountains. Southern Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. 2013. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos

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Beyond Sochi is a publication born out of Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak and writer William Dunbar’s exploration of Sochi against the backdrop of the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

What began as a National Geographic commission in 2012 became an ebook and an unconventionally packaged version designed by Editions Seriti of Dworzak and Dunbar’s exploration of the region’s complexities.