Haunting Images from ‘Poland’s Rust Belt’ – Feature Shoot

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Haunting Images from ‘Poland’s Rust Belt’ – Feature Shoot

“A shortcut across a frozen lake.” © Tomasz Liboska “Mieczyslaw no longer works at the mine, but at least no one cares about his long hair anymore.” © Tomasz Liboska…

via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/06/haunting-images-from-polands-rust-belt/

“In the communist era, Upper Silesia was the promised land,” Polish photographer Tomasz Liboska told us of the place he’s called home for ten years. People from all over the country came to Upper Silesia following the Second World War in search of hard work and prosperity for their families. Steel plants and coal mines flourished.