Tomeu Coll

Photographer
Nevermind in Sovietland
Biography: Tomeu Coll, born in 1981. Mallorca. He has been the recipient of several photojournalism and documentary photography awards, including the Illes Balears Photojournalism Award for two consecutive years. He was featured as an Emerging Photographer... MORE
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Nevermind in Sovietland
Copyright Tomeu Coll 2024
Updated Jan 2013
Topics Abandonment, Activism, Civil Rights, Documentary, Environment, Fear, Fine Art, Globalization, Migration, Photography, photojournalism, Still life

Nevermind in Sovietland

When suddenly a strange three wheeler appears out of nowhere, from the absolute whiteness of the imaginary line of the Arctic Circle, one feels stunned by this unusual means of transport. It is just then when you discover that there aren't other ways to move in such a frozen area. In the city of Vorkuta, an icy wasteland 3000 km up to the north of Moscow, to remain is to accept the ostracism of a place that neither grows nor develops. Built up by gulag prisoners themselves, it still has not found its place in history.

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