The Siemianowka Resevoir was built from 1977 to 1990. As a result, five villages — Rudnia, Garbary, Boltyki, Luka and Budy — were flooded.
In order to create the artificial lake, 289 households were taken out and many people were forced to give up their land. They were resettled in 1986 to Nowa Luka, a newly built village, and to blocks of flats in Bialystok and Michalow, but the majority of people were moved to Bondary.
Nine residential buildings were constructed there, and the subjects of these photos inhabit that settlement.
— Jim Casper
FeaturePortraitsAndrej Mitura photographs former residents of five Russian villages who were moved to new blocks of flats in other places, to
make way for a new artificial lake.View Images
Feature
Portraits
Andrej Mitura photographs former residents of five Russian villages who were moved to new blocks of flats in other places, to
make way for a new artificial lake.
Portraits
Andrej Mitura photographs former residents of five Russian villages who were moved to new blocks of flats in other places, to
make way for a new artificial lake.
Trending this Week
Call Me Heena: Hijra, The Third Gender
“I feel like a mermaid. My body tells me that I am a man but my soul tells me that I am a woman…” A penetrating, multi-year report on a unique group of people—who fall outside of Western notions of gender—trying to carve out a...
Announcing the 2019 LensCulture Art Photography Award Winners!
Announcing the winners of the 2019 Art Photography Awards! Discover the 38 remarkable photographers who have been selected for their vision, innovation and creativity.
I Need You More Than You Need Me
Transcending the definitions of classic documentary work, photographer Edgar Martins challenges our perception of incarceration by using metaphorical imagery that pushes us to consider the social effects of prisons.
Life from a Tube: The London Underground
The world’s subway riders have inspired photographers for decades—this work stands with the best of them, capturing London’s Tube riders with humanity, humor and delight. Hear the full story behind this decades-long labor of love.
Exclusion Zone
Rejecting the dark tropes we usually associate with the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, photographer Robyn Von Swank instead paints a quiet and poetic picture of the historic region and its inhabitants.
Wire Formation
As Dhaka’s electrical circuitry advances, the tangled relics of its old infrastructure lay abandoned, forming a city-wide technological graveyard.
Related
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano
How will you die? Where will you end up in 20 years? What’s in your future? Inventive and brave photographer Phil Toledano decided to face his fear of his own mortality and imagine what his fate might hold.
99 Variations
“I brought a key (the camera), opened the door to the secret passage (the mirror), woke up my mythical archetypes, and lured them out into the world.”
Young Nomads: Child Horsemen of the Mongolian Plains
The horse is deeply entrenched in Mongolian culture—shortly after children learn to walk, they learn to ride. This interview delves into the unique (though endangered) traditions of this ancient, nomadic people.
Apart Together
Today, there are over 200 million migrants worldwide—this overwhelming figure is humanized through the singular narrative of Sahra, a Somalian refugee living in Munich. A reminder that underneath the alarmist headlines, there are individuals,...
Great Egrets: A Nature Conservation Success
Despite aggressive poaching for their beautiful plumage, Hungarian Egrets have made a comeback—stunning images of these graceful birds in their protected habitat celebrate the beauty of our natural world.
Crossings
The mounting tensions caused by the continuous influx of migrants into Europe has slowly burned itself onto the visual memory of the world — this brilliant group exhibition, housed in an abandoned bank, examines the various routes that wind their...