Today I want to share the photos that are... not as positive as my usual shots. During this holidays, I visited several "abandoned" places. I wrote the word - abandoned in quotes 'cause officially these places are listed as settlements - villages. But in fact...
The pride of the country! The miners! It's a pity... but it was in Soviet times. Now, these are useless people for the country! The unprincipled and ruthless gears of the state machine grinded fates of these people and left them without work, alternatives, and means of subsistence! People who gave everything to their country live out the remaining time in such conditions...
Of course, there were those who left for larger cities. But not all have found in themselves enough strength, money, courage. Year after year... Floods destroy the village more and more, people die from old age and drunkenness... The government does not care!
Like an aircraft flying over this forgotten place, the former Soviet Union flew into the age of technology and capitalism, leaving behind all unnecessary - socialism, mining, people...
Sincerely, Terry Craft.
All shots were taken on smartphone Huawei P9 with double Leica lens.