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Ian Berry’s 1980s Portrait of the ‘Marseilles’ of Ukraine

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Ian Berry The ballet master leads rehearsals in preparation for a performance at the Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman cleans the street in front of the Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Two men confer in the early morning mist with the onion domes and spire of St Panteleimon Monastery Church looming in the background. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Two men buying beer from a street kiosk in the rain ignore a drunk lying comatose on the street corner. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A boy in toy soldier’s hat plays table football whilst another sports a black eye, in the grounds of a local kindergarten. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman in a tram passing in front of the onion domes of St Panteleimon church. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A market trader attempts to sell a handful of langoustines in the pouring rain. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Young would-be ballerinas in training at the barre in the Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman looks through a cafe window while the bus tour guide checks passenger names. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Women shelter from the rain under their red umbrellas whilst waiting for a bus in the suburbs. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A man takes a siesta in vest and pyjamas on his pot and plant decorated balcony as a sailor walks by on the footpath underneath. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman sweeps the street in front of a grand old house with a statue of two loin cloth wearing men holding up the world. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Modern dance in a city night club. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A couple meet on a balcony overlooking the port with a hammer and sickle sign and ships in the background. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A patient in a city hospital has his eyes checked after laser treatment which was pioneered in the Ukraine. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Men working in the Stroigidravlika factory making engines for cranes, excavators etc. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Children play the local version of ˜Ring a ring of Roses"in a government kindergarten. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Lovers lean on a railing in the city centre, the girl holding a bunch of flowers with the onion domes of Saint Panteleimon Monastery in the background. Odessa, Ukraine. 1982 © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos