Calan
Survivors of the Coal Valley
Survivors of the Coal Valley
Since 1o years ago, when I was trippin` for first time in Romania, I planed to come back for a while to shoot as much industrial ruins as I can. These huge mysterious old factories always gives me some weird nostalgic memories, how I saw, learned and imagined back in the days in Hungary when I was a kid.
Now I`m working on a photo essay about the miners and theirs problems in the Jiu Valley. I made these pictures in my favorite factory, the Calan Coal Factory, when we were on the road to Sibiu. It was a heavy snow storm, and we just want to check the the yard for a short visit, but the ghost of the mine catch us, and we stayed there for an hour, shooting the a snow fall and the locals, who collecting all the dusts, stones and irons from the collapsed buildings, and try to sell their factory stone by stone. This is their land.
Now I`m working on a photo essay about the miners and theirs problems in the Jiu Valley. I made these pictures in my favorite factory, the Calan Coal Factory, when we were on the road to Sibiu. It was a heavy snow storm, and we just want to check the the yard for a short visit, but the ghost of the mine catch us, and we stayed there for an hour, shooting the a snow fall and the locals, who collecting all the dusts, stones and irons from the collapsed buildings, and try to sell their factory stone by stone. This is their land.
