Julie Poly’s kitsch photos capture life onboard the Ukrainian Railways

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In 'Ukrzaliznytsia', the train conductor turned photographer recreates the elaborate tales she’s heard and seen play out on the railways in Ukraine.

But it took Poly a decade, from when she first stepped onto a train as a trainee conductor, until she decided to embark on this series. “I realized that I was only interested in talking about what I really know… I thought a lot about this experience, and the project matured for a while, but I finally decided to tell the world my unique story. I went to Stakhanov, found my old train uniform, photos and realized that now is the best time for it.

The atmosphere on board also changes depending on the direction of the train. Travelling to central Ukraine, it’s all business with workers changing outfits for meetings en route. The west is agricultural so people come on board carrying live animals dressed in the traditional vyshyvanka, while the south, of course, is all about vacation. “People in super skinny shorts, leggings, super neon, green, pink, everybody goes to the south to the sea so you can feel it in the air,” Poly says.

“The train looks like a simple iron construction, but it is full of life on the inside,” Poly says. On the Trans-Siberian Railway between Kharkiv and Vladistok, for example, traders buy large quantities of vodka and expensive caviar to sell back at home. On this route, there are “a lot of bad guys” and con-people.

 

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