‘Man doesn’t stay there, however survives’: a polar metropolis via the lens of a photographer
NORILSK, Russia — Photographer Aleksandr Kharitonov grew up within the distant Russian mining city of Norilsk, situated above the Arctic Circle. His photographs of his landscapes, remnants of his Soviet previous and the energy of his individuals – enduring the pains of isolation – seize fleeting moments of a quickly altering world. Kharitonov is a …