Nanna Heitmann Yuri built his little hut on a dump so he can feed his 15 dogs with what he finds in the dump. Everything he owns he found on the rubbish dump. Inside it is dark. He has covered the small windows s (...)
o that the hut does not heat up too much in the short but hot summer. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann A door left open during a rehearsal in a cultural house (“dom kultury”) in Krasnoyarsk, the largest city on the Yenisei River. In the Soviet Union the houses of culture were ‘workers' clubs’, a pla (...)
ce for all kinds of creative activities and hobbies, and an important place for the spreading of state ideology. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the houses of culture were largely left without any financial support. Today many are run by enthusiasts and havebecame a place of nostalgia. Krasnoyarsk. Russia.
2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann Khuresh is a type of wrestling sport and the national sport of the Tuvan Republic, a partially recognized state in southern Siberia. No national festivity is celebrated without a khuresh match. The (...)
people of Tuva even create sagas and legends about their favorite athletes, ascribing supernatural qualities to them. In this picture, two young athletes are practicing khuresh: the fighter who first touches the ground with any part of his body except for his feet or hands, loses.. Tuva. Russia. Kyzyl. 2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann In the Soviet Union there was a lot of industry in Siberia. Today, the people feel forgotten by Moscow politics. In Tuva unemployment is very high, alcohol consumption and the use of synthetic drug (...)
s have become a major problem. The capital of Tuva, Kysyl, is considered the most dangerous city in Russia. The former huge flour factory is closed. Even grain is only imported. Kysyl. Tuva. Russia. 2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann The former ballerina Sofia has been dancing in the striptease club for 6 years. An injury kept her from dancing in the Krasnoyarsk State Theater further. She describes herself as an active sociopat (...)
h. She does not want to dance on the pole forever. Next year she will be promoting at a theater school. Russia. 2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann The girl Vaselisa in the village of the Old Believers. Her parents are both deaf and mute and the only unbelievers in a village that lives strictly to century-old rituals. Her only friend lives in (...)
the village of Sissim. The summer holidays over the Yenisei and a walk separates them from each other. "Once we're together again, we'll be holding hands all the time. Russia. 2020. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann The guardian spirits of the shaman Kara-ool hang in his treatment room in the shamanic clinic. His grandparents hid the ancient ancestral masks in caves in front of the Soviets. Today, shamanism ca (...)
n be freely practiced again and many people remember their roots and seek advice and healing from shamans. Russia. Tuva. 2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos
Nanna Heitmann A view into the dense forest of the Sayan Mountains. In the past, the mountains served as the border between Mongolia and Russia. Although a roadmakes its way through the mountains into the Tuva Re (...)
public, the region, with its endless-seeming taiga is one of the last remaining untouched places. Krasnoyarsk Krai. Russia. 2018. © Nanna Heitmann | Magnum Photos