This series consists of photos of public spaces taken in Kurkijoki, in the Republic of Karelia. This small city serves as a model for small Russian cities in general, and the series offers a list of a city’s essential elements: the hospital, the police station, kindergarten, school, stores, post office, the telephone exchange and so on. All the photos are shot indoors since it is the interior which determines each building’s function. The absence of exterior photos prevents viewers from making a link with a particular location. Personal spaces are outside the scope of this study, but in each photograph we can see personal items.
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