A Russian Photographer Recreated Barbie And Ken As if They Lived in the Soviet Union

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Written by Flynn Matthews

2017-12-04

What if your beloved toys were exchanged and represented as if they’re out of somewhere else? Like, imagine if Barbie and Ken were Slavics.

Photographer Lara Vychuzhanina from Yekaterinburg recreated scenes from Soviet life but also known to all Slavs thanks to country elements in her scenes, using the Barbie and Ken dolls as the main actors.