Vorkuta, Russia, 2009

The town, once home to a thriving coal mining industry, is full of abandoned buildings that the government does not have funds to repair. The extremes in temperature (in winter it can get as cold as -40C) make the buildings unstable and liable to collapse. All photographs by Tomeu Coll, 2009. Nevermind Sovietland is at the Circulations festival, Paris, until 6 May