Welcome to
A Trans-Cyberian
Journey
Who We Are
Welcome to The Russian
Chronicles, an experiment in interactive photojournalism created especially for the World Wide
Web by
FocalPoint f/8.
I'm Gary Matoso, a photojournalist
based in Paris with Contact Press Images, and on my right is Chuck
Gathard and Tripp Mikich in San Francisco,
and World Media Network in France, we embarked upon this "trans-cyberian" adventure in Vladivostok on September 11th, 1995 and ended it on November 22nd, 1995 in St. Petersburg. Now we invite you to join us on this remarkable journey.
The Russian
Chronicles
Follow our progress in the
Daily Chronicles, or see expanded photo essays
and stories in the Road Stories section. You can
read what the people we encountered had to say In Their
Words, or visit our Atlas for maps and
geographical information. Trip At A Glance will
show you where we went, how far, and how long.
And you can read the mail we received along the way in the
Mailbox.
Our Route
Our journey took us across five time zones
and over 5000 miles (8100km) of the immense Russian Federation. Our trip began in
the eastern maritime city of Vladivostok, just a few hundred miles from Japan.
Traveling first north and then west as we followed the general
route of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, ending
our journey in the northwestern city of St.Petersburg.
How We're Doing It
Lisa and I recorded our
digital impressions of Russia using a laptop
computer and the KODAK 420 DCS high resolution digital camera.
Every few days, these digital photographs, essays, and new reports were
relayed from our laptops via SprintMail's
global email network to Tripp Mikich and Chuck Gathard at FocalPoint f/8 back in
San Francisco. There, Chuck and Tripp edited and composed the
images and text into the Web pages you see here.
This site is best viewed using Netscape 1.1N or higher
The photos are optimized
for viewing on a monitor calibrated to a gamma of 1.8. To accommodate the best
display of the photos resize your screen to be just wider than the line below
or any of the banner graphics at the top of each page.
Co-produced by
FocalPoint f/8 and World Media Network
Designed and Developed by FocalPoint f/8
Sponsored in part by
About Our Sponsors
Production Credits
All HTML and Graphics
© 1995 by FocalPoint f/8, Photos © Gary Matoso