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  • Héritage toxique
    3570
    Héritage toxique
    Moscou / Russie
    On a découvert à Moscou plusieurs groupes d'enfants à qui il manquait les avant-bras. Tous ces nouveau-nés hémi-mélia comme les appellent les scientifiques, sont nés dans deux quartiers entre 1985 et 1990. Aussi aucun lien ne peut être établi entre ces malformations congénitales et l'effrayant cocktail d'agents polluants à Moscou (dioxine, usines militaires, incinérateurs d'ordures, etc.), la plupart des études scientifiques semblent imputer la faute à la pollution.
    © Gerd Ludwig
    30/10/2009     3570
    30/10/2009
    Héritage toxique
    Moscou / Russie
    On a découvert à Moscou plusieurs groupes d'enfants à qui il manquait les avant-bras. Tous ces nouveau-nés hémi-mélia comme les appellent les scientifiques, sont nés dans deux quartiers entre 1985 et 1990. Aussi aucun lien ne peut être établi entre ces malformations congénitales et l'effrayant cocktail d'agents polluants à Moscou (dioxine, usines militaires, incinérateurs d'ordures, etc.), la plupart des études scientifiques semblent imputer la faute à la pollution.
    © Gerd Ludwig
    For field 'Date Created' 1/1 stands for month and day not specified

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4888
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Severny pit is one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
    Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4888
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Severny pit is one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
    Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4879
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Miners smoke under a "No Smoking" sign after work at the Severny pit, one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
    Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4879
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Miners smoke under a "No Smoking" sign after work at the Severny pit, one of five coal mines still operating around Vorkuta. A decade ago there were 13.
    Average life expectancy for a miner in the Far North is around 54, but many die in their forties.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4889
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    People walk by an empty boarding house in Vorkuta. The city’s population has fallen by a third since the break-up of the Soviet Union, when subsidies for the Far North were reduced.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4889
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    People walk by an empty boarding house in Vorkuta. The city’s population has fallen by a third since the break-up of the Soviet Union, when subsidies for the Far North were reduced.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4866
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Reindeer herders Simyon and Vanya travel hours by sled from their tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
    Nomadic people like them have a mutually cautious relationship with the Russians who live in the Far North.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4866
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Reindeer herders Simyon and Vanya travel hours by sled from their tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
    Nomadic people like them have a mutually cautious relationship with the Russians who live in the Far North.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4865
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Reindeer herder Simyon travel hours by sled from his tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
    Construction of gas pipelines in the tundra is threatening the herders’ way of life, forcing them to travel further afield in search of pastures.Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4865
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Reindeer herder Simyon travel hours by sled from his tent in the tundra to buy supplies at the village shop in Sovetsky.
    Construction of gas pipelines in the tundra is threatening the herders’ way of life, forcing them to travel further afield in search of pastures.Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4891
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Buildings around Vorkuta are being surrendered to the elements as people flee to the south. In this apartment block on the edge of the tundra in Yor Shor village outside Vorkuta town, only one family is left.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4891
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Buildings around Vorkuta are being surrendered to the elements as people flee to the south. In this apartment block on the edge of the tundra in Yor Shor village outside Vorkuta town, only one family is left.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4887
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Valery Zhukov, a miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, and who is married with a daughter, is comforted by his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4887
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Valery Zhukov, a miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, and who is married with a daughter, is comforted by his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4886
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Valery Zhukov, a married miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, dances with his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood. His friend Alexander is in the back.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4886
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Valery Zhukov, a married miner and union representative in Severny village outside Vorkuta, dances with his lover Lena who lives in the same neighborhood. His friend Alexander is in the back.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4885
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Alexander Yelpayev is a Cossack, which he describes as “a Russian with an added stamp of quality.” He lives in the outskirt of Vorkuta town.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4885
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Alexander Yelpayev is a Cossack, which he describes as “a Russian with an added stamp of quality.” He lives in the outskirt of Vorkuta town.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4890
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Nina Merzlikina, 75, and Sergei Kostenko, 45, have packed up their belongings at this apartment in Yor Shor village in expectation of eviction by bailiffs. Local officials want to close the village, near Vorkuta town, so they can shut off supplies of gas and electricity.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4890
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Nina Merzlikina, 75, and Sergei Kostenko, 45, have packed up their belongings at this apartment in Yor Shor village in expectation of eviction by bailiffs. Local officials want to close the village, near Vorkuta town, so they can shut off supplies of gas and electricity.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4884
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Yorshor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta. Most people have left after the closure of the Soviet-era coal mine.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow.

    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4884
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Yorshor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta. Most people have left after the closure of the Soviet-era coal mine.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow.

    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4874
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Rasma Stodukh from Riga in Latvia spent 13 years as a political prisoner in a Gulag camp in Vorkuta. She stayed on after her release in 1960.
    Rasma’s children left years ago but she is cared for by neighbors and says she is resigned to living out her days in the city.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4874
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Rasma Stodukh from Riga in Latvia spent 13 years as a political prisoner in a Gulag camp in Vorkuta. She stayed on after her release in 1960.
    Rasma’s children left years ago but she is cared for by neighbors and says she is resigned to living out her days in the city.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4869
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Karp Belgayev, a coal miner, walks through Yor Shor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta where he is among the last ten inhabitants. Miners say that after ten years working underground it is impossible to remove black rings from around the eyes.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4869
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Karp Belgayev, a coal miner, walks through Yor Shor, an abandoned village near Vorkuta where he is among the last ten inhabitants. Miners say that after ten years working underground it is impossible to remove black rings from around the eyes.
    Vorkuta is a coal mining and former Gulag town 1,200 miles north east of Moscow, beyond the Arctic Circle, where temperatures in winter drop to -50C.
    Here, whole villages are being slowly deserted and reclaimed by snow, while the financial crisis is squeezing coal mining companies that already struggle to find workers.
    Moscow says its Far North is a strategic region, targeting huge investment to exploit its oil and gas resources. But there is a paradox: the Far North is actually dying. Every year thousands of people from towns and cities in the Russian Arctic are fleeing south. The system of subsidies that propped up Siberia and the Arctic in the Soviet times has crumbled. Now there’s no advantage to living in the Far North - salaries are no higher than in central Russia and prices for goods are higher.
    Copyright 2009 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Héritage toxique
    3606
    Héritage toxique
    Moscou / Russie
    Décharge d'ordures de Dolgoprudinskaya où les gens cherchent des choses comestibles comme du pain ou des fruits, des bouteilles, des matériaux de construction, des déchets d'usines de cigarettes, etc.
    © Gerd Ludwig
    11/08/2008     3606
    11/08/2008
    Héritage toxique
    Moscou / Russie
    Décharge d'ordures de Dolgoprudinskaya où les gens cherchent des choses comestibles comme du pain ou des fruits, des bouteilles, des matériaux de construction, des déchets d'usines de cigarettes, etc.
    © Gerd Ludwig

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4892
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Russian soldiers march on the Red Square after guarding it during the Russia Day celebrations.
    Copyright 2007 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    4892
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    Russian soldiers march on the Red Square after guarding it during the Russia Day celebrations.
    Copyright 2007 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    4928
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    People walk into a metro outside a casino and surrounded by billboards in central Moscow. The Rolls-Royce is displayed as a price for the jackpot.

    Copyright 2006 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
     4928
    Zone of Absolute Discomfort
    People walk into a metro outside a casino and surrounded by billboards in central Moscow. The Rolls-Royce is displayed as a price for the jackpot.

    Copyright 2006 by Justin Jin. All rights reserved.
    Email justin@justinjin.com for instructions.

     

  • L'Empire brisé
    3613
    L'Empire brisé
    Moscou, 1996. Forcés de cacher leur orientation sexuelle sous l'ancien régime, les homosexuels peuvent aujourd'hui se rencontrer ouvertement dans des clubs tels que le Moscow's Chance.
    © Gerd Ludwig
     3613
    L'Empire brisé
    Moscou, 1996. Forcés de cacher leur orientation sexuelle sous l'ancien régime, les homosexuels peuvent aujourd'hui se rencontrer ouvertement dans des clubs tels que le Moscow's Chance.
    © Gerd Ludwig
    For field 'Date Created' 1/1 stands for month and day not specified

     

  • L'Empire brisé
    3634
    L'Empire brisé
    Moscou, 1993. Tragédie inexpliquée : ces enfants, provenant de deux quartiers de Moscou, sont tous nés sans avant-bras. Bien qu'aucun lien n'ait été trouvé entre ces défauts physiques et l'ahurissant mélange de produits polluant la capitale, il n'en reste pas moins que l'incidence des malformations congénitales est plus élevée ici que dans le reste du pays.
    Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 1993
     3634
    L'Empire brisé
    Moscou, 1993. Tragédie inexpliquée : ces enfants, provenant de deux quartiers de Moscou, sont tous nés sans avant-bras. Bien qu'aucun lien n'ait été trouvé entre ces défauts physiques et l'ahurissant mélange de produits polluant la capitale, il n'en reste pas moins que l'incidence des malformations congénitales est plus élevée ici que dans le reste du pays.
    Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 1993
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    Moscou, 1992. Instant volé: un baiser d'adieu dans le couloir d'un train traversant Moscou.
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    Moscou, 1992. Instant volé: un baiser d'adieu dans le couloir d'un train traversant Moscou.
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    Moscou, 1992. Les yeux bandés par un enfant, une statue de Staline, le dirigeant le plus craint de l'ère communiste, se retrouve parmi d'autres effigies de dirigeants du Parti jetées pêle-mêle dans un parc de la capitale. Pour les ardents défenseurs de la gloire communiste, ce manque de respect est une véritable hérésie. Pour les nouveaux démocrates pleins d'espoir, ces pièces en vrac sont synonyme de liberté.
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    Moscou, 1992. Les yeux bandés par un enfant, une statue de Staline, le dirigeant le plus craint de l'ère communiste, se retrouve parmi d'autres effigies de dirigeants du Parti jetées pêle-mêle dans un parc de la capitale. Pour les ardents défenseurs de la gloire communiste, ce manque de respect est une véritable hérésie. Pour les nouveaux démocrates pleins d'espoir, ces pièces en vrac sont synonyme de liberté.
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    Moscou, 1992. Chômeur et SDF : au début des années 90, les SDF deviennent une caractéristique des rues de la capitale. Cet homme a été expulsé de chez lui par son propre fils qui souhaitait cohabiter avec sa petite amie.
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    Moscou, 1992. Chômeur et SDF : au début des années 90, les SDF deviennent une caractéristique des rues de la capitale. Cet homme a été expulsé de chez lui par son propre fils qui souhaitait cohabiter avec sa petite amie.
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    Moscou, 1992. Des gogo dancers devant un public féminin appréciant le spectacle propose par «Le Petit Chaperon Rouge», qui fait partie de la nouvelle génération de night-clubs moscovites ouverts toute la nuit.
    © Gerd Ludwig
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    Moscou, 1992. Des gogo dancers devant un public féminin appréciant le spectacle propose par «Le Petit Chaperon Rouge», qui fait partie de la nouvelle génération de night-clubs moscovites ouverts toute la nuit.
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    Moscou, 1991. Tout comme cette Moscovite, nombre de personnes âgées en Russie vivent en colocation forcée dans des appartements mal entretenus, où ils sont obligés de partager cuisine et salle de bain.
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    Moscou, 1991. Tout comme cette Moscovite, nombre de personnes âgées en Russie vivent en colocation forcée dans des appartements mal entretenus, où ils sont obligés de partager cuisine et salle de bain.
    Copyright 2009 © Gerd Ludwig