People in the dunes

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“People in the dunes” project focuses on the people relations with environment in Bolderaja district which is located in the periphery of the Riga city, few kilometres away from Gulf of Riga. After World War II fishing villages build on the dunes were replaced with blockhouses and some of Bolderāja parts became closed military area. Now 23 years have passed, but It’s mainly Russian-speaking population is still haunted by shadows of a Soviet past.

They are living in poor conditions divided from other parts of the city by rivers, forests and the Baltic sea.

Children's book found in abandoned barracks in Daugavgrīva.
Drunk guys on the frozen Gulf of Riga, 2013
Diver Jura with plasticine seagull sculpture in Bolderāja, 2013
Allotment near to Spilve airport territory, 2013
Bolderāja ship repair yard, 2013
Daugavgrīva beach, 2013
Car repair advertisement in Volēri, 2013
Fenced allotment in Volēri, 2013
Passengers in Pļavnieki - Bolderaja bus, 2012
Dima and Vlad Daugavgrīva forest, 2013
People walking near by railways in Bolderaja. Last pasanger train to Bolderaja district was canceled in 1958. Now it is used exclusively for coal transportation.
Bar in Bolderāja center, 2013
Olga with her dog on frozen Buļļupe river, 2012
People walking near by railways in Bolderaja. Last pasanger train to Bolderaja district was canceled in 1958. Now it is used exclusively for coal transportation.
Daugavgrīva beach, 2013
Bolderāja ship repair yard, 2013
Diver Jura with plasticine seagull sculpture in Bolderāja, 2013
Apartment in Daugavgrīva, 2012
Passengers in Pļavnieki - Bolderaja bus, 2012
Dima and Vlad Daugavgrīva forest, 2013
Bath house in Bolderāja, 2013
Car repair advertisement in Volēri, 2013
Allotment near to Spilve airport territory, 2013
Drunk guys on the frozen Gulf of Riga, 2013
View from 9th floor block house roof in to the Bolderāja district area which was build on sand dunes during the Soviet times, 2011
Bolderāja center, 2013