Format notes:
Digital source type: Original digital capture of a real life scene. Image size: 6.1Mp (3008x2000px).
Keywords:
road, car, driver, hitchhiker, highway, truck, motorcycle, asphalt, russia, hauler, hitchhiking, state, motorway, дорога, машина, автомобиль, автостоп, тягач, фура, мотоцикл, путешествие, дальнобойщик, дальнобой, россия, шоссе, трасса, petrol, бензин, П84, P84, sa-018, Alexander Aksakov, Шоссе, Мужчина, Man, Труд, Labour, Work, Физический труд, Physical work, Торгово-денежные отношения, Trade and monetary relations
Lot:
Photographs, "Roads of Russia". (Alexander Aksakov, 2006 - 2009).

CloseUpRussia Photography Program Collection
Khabarovsk region
Roads of Russia ➔ Хабаровский край | Khabarovsk region, 2009. Long distance trucker fills a truck with petrol. For economy sake truckers often buy fuel from country men, not at official petrol stations. Several years ago it was common to use the following strategy: a person economizes on fuel (for example, tractor or truck driver), comes on the roadside and either through radio-set or with specific hand sign (thumb directed to the ground) signals on solar oil. Now this situation is slowly changing and in some regions low price fuel sell is organized at a higher level. The men in the picture have come to the agreed place by phone call and pour fuel into the towing car tank. Prices in such cases of refilling a car are usually 1,5-2 times lower than at petrol stations. (Khabarovsk-Tchita auto route, 2009)

Photography (author's choice and edition)

Identifier:
cur-201811192301-367
Description:
Хабаровский край | Khabarovsk region, 2009. Long distance trucker fills a truck with petrol. For economy sake truckers often buy fuel from country men, not at official petrol stations. Several years ago it was common to use the following strategy: a person economizes on fuel (for example, tractor or truck driver), comes on the roadside and either through radio-set or with specific hand sign (thumb directed to the ground) signals on solar oil. Now this situation is slowly changing and in some regions low price fuel sell is organized at a higher level. The men in the picture have come to the agreed place by phone call and pour fuel into the towing car tank. Prices in such cases of refilling a car are usually 1,5-2 times lower than at petrol stations. (Khabarovsk-Tchita auto route, 2009) Photographer: Alexander Aksakov.
Date:
April 1 2009

Photographer:
Alexander Aksakov
Related organization:
CloseUpRussia Photography Program
Related place
Khabarovsk region