archive • bodies in formation

these images are from a great site about 'mass gymnastics under communism.' more info and pictures here. also recommended along these lines is the film a state of mind, about a young woman participating in one of the only contemporary examples of this kind of massive spectacle that takes place in north korea.

[all from bodies in formation: mass gymnastics under communism.]

archive is a weekly column by asha schechter that appears each wednesday on i heart photograph