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Christopher Herwig

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Trucks and Tuks

FUEL PUBLISHING
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Introduction by Riya Raagini.

A celebration of the Indian subcontinent through its intricately adorned trucks and tuks

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 208 pgs / 190 color. | 9/30/2025 | Awaiting stock
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Soviet Metro Stations

FUEL PUBLISHING
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Essay by Owen Hatherley.

From the author of Soviet Bus Stops, an underground trip through the Soviet Metro

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 248 pgs / 220 color. | 9/24/2019 | In stock
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Soviet Bus Stops

FUEL PUBLISHING
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Owen Hatherley.

On the heels of his bestselling Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig locates fresh wonders of the Soviet vernacular in Georgia, Ukraine and Russia itself

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color. | 9/26/2017 | Out of stock
$32.50


Soviet Bus Stops

FUEL PUBLISHING
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Foreword by Jonathan Meades. Text by Vera Kavalkova-Halvarsson, Christopher Herwig.

Soviet vernacular architecture across 18,000 miles in 14 countries

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color. | 9/29/2015 | Out of stock
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Trucks and TuksTrucks and Tuks

Decorated Vehicles of South Asia

Published by FUEL Publishing.
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Introduction by Riya Raagini.

White stallions and exotic birds frolic around a waterfall, glamorous Bollywood stars sing, a sunset-silhouetted couple bathe in the ocean—such are the images that adorn the trucks and tuks of the Indian subcontinent. These utilitarian vehicles provide a fertile canvas for the vernacular artists whose color-saturated creativity covers every spare surface.
Over the course of four years, photographer Christopher Herwig (author of Fuel's Soviet Bus Stops series and Soviet Metro Stations) travelled 10,000 kilometers in his quest to record this overlooked art form. He has documented the characteristics of each region; from Pakistan in the north, where intricately painted trucks often have a curved wooden peak at the front, symbolizing a princess' tiara, to Sri Lanka in the south, where tuk tuks might equally be painted with holy deities or the Joker from Batman. The designs reflect a driver's identity, faith and aspirations and span a bewildering range of themes: ideals of masculinity might be intertwined with expressions of love and longing, while bold typography urges drivers to blow their horns or promotes a campaign for the education of girls. Sadly, as a result of government directives, alongside the proliferation of cheap, mass-produced decorations, this vibrant cultural expression is in decline, making this project all the more vital.
Christopher Herwig is a Canadian photographer and videographer currently based in Sri Lanka.



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FUEL Publishing

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Hardcover, 8 x 6.5 in. / 208 pgs / 190 color.

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Catalog: FALL 2025 p. 14   

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Soviet Metro StationsSoviet Metro Stations

Published by FUEL Publishing.
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Essay by Owen Hatherley.

“For us,” said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, “there was something supernatural about the Metro.” Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s, it is easy to see why. Rather than the straightforward systems of London, Paris or New York, these subways were used as a propaganda artwork—a fusion of sculpture, architecture and art that combined Byzantine, medieval, baroque and constructivist ideas and infused them with the notion that communism would mean a “communal luxury” for all. Today these astonishing spaces remain the closest realization of a Soviet utopia.
Following his bestselling quest for Soviet Bus Stops, Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig has completed a subterranean expedition photographing the stations of each Metro network of Russia and the former Eastern Bloc countries. From extreme marble and chandelier opulence to brutal futuristic minimalist glory, Soviet Metro Stations documents this wealth of diverse architecture. Along the way Herwig captures the elements that make up this singular Soviet experience: neon, concrete, escalators, signage, mosaics and relief sculptures all combine to build a vivid map of the Soviet Metro.
Soviet Metro Stations includes an introduction by the leading architectural and political writer Owen Hatherley, author of the acclaimed books Landscapes of Communism (2015), Trans-Europe Express (2018) and The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space.



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Catalog: FALL 2019 p. 49   

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Soviet Bus StopsSoviet Bus Stops

Volume II

Published by FUEL Publishing.
By Christopher Herwig. Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Owen Hatherley.

After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, photographer Christopher Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more. In this second volume, as well as discovering new stops in the remotest areas of Georgia and Ukraine, Herwig turns his camera to Russia itself. Following exhaustive research, he drove more than 9,000 miles from coast to coast across the largest country in the world, in pursuit of new examples of this singular architectural form.

A foreword by renowned architecture and culture critic Owen Hatherley reveals new information on the origins of the Soviet bus stop. Examining the government policy that allowed these small architectural forms to flourish, he explains how they reflected Soviet values, and how ultimately they remained—despite their incredible individuality—far-flung outposts of Soviet ideology.

The diversity of architectural approaches is staggering: juxtaposed alongside a slew of audacious modern and brutal designs, there are bus stops shaped as trains, birds, light bulbs, rockets, castles, even a bus stop incorporating a statue of St. George slaying the dragon. An essential companion to the first volume, this book provides a valuable document of these important and unique constructions.



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Hardcover, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color.

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Catalog: FALL 2017 p. 58   

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Soviet Bus StopsSoviet Bus Stops

Published by FUEL Publishing.
Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Foreword by Jonathan Meades. Text by Vera Kavalkova-Halvarsson, Christopher Herwig.

Photographer Christopher Herwig first noticed the unusual architecture of Soviet-era bus stops during a 2002 long-distance bike ride from London to St. Petersburg. Challenging himself to take one good photograph every hour, Herwig began to notice surprisingly designed bus stops on otherwise deserted stretches of road. Twelve years later, Herwig had covered more than 18,000 miles in 14 countries of the former Soviet Union, traveling by car, bike, bus and taxi to hunt down and document these bus stops.
The local bus stop proved to be fertile ground for local artistic experimentation in the Soviet period, and was built seemingly without design restrictions or budgetary concerns. The result is an astonishing variety of styles and types across the region, from the strictest Brutalism to exuberant whimsy.
Soviet Bus Stops is the most comprehensive and diverse collection of Soviet bus stop design ever assembled, including examples from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia. Originally published in a quickly sold-out limited edition, Soviet Bus Stops, named one of the best photobooks of 2014 by Martin Parr, is now available in a highly anticipated, expanded smaller-format trade edition.

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FUEL Publishing

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Hardcover, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 160 color.

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Catalog: FALL 2015 p. 60   

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ISBN 9780993191107 TRADE
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