An ongoing comparative photo essay
about public displays of political leaders
Dear Leaders
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NORTH KOREA 2005
During the reign of Kim Jong Il, including the Arirang Mass Games
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TURKMENISTAN 2006
During Niyazov's reign
TURKMENISTAN 2012
Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow is in power…
HUNGARY 2009
Memento Park - the post-regime fate of monuments
MOSCOW 2014
Muzeon Park - more post-regime statues
CUBA 2016
In fact there is very little Fidel iconography at present — two here, plus a hilltop Lenin