WINNERS

Vorkuta 01

  • Photographer
    Jef Bonifacino, France
  • Prize
    Silver Winner in Photojournalism/General News

Former city of Gulag, Vorkuta is situated in the North of the mounts Ural in Russia. There is only one road in Vorkuta, a 54 km closed circle that connected 14 districts and their coal mines. Thirty years later, ten of those districts are abandoned. In addition to being in a post-industrial crisis, Vorkuta is also suffering from global warming. Permafrost is thawing, the soil is softening, buildings are getting twisted. Spring time. After 3 months of continuous night and seven months of snow, the kids can finally walk outdoors in the nature, and the young practice shooting with their rifle.