Post-Industrial Stories is a long-term photography project documenting the effects of de-industrialization on Romania’s small mining towns. The project is aimed at capturing the atmosphere and the daily life from inside the community. Together with photographer Marin Raica, a photobook was published in 2015.

Romania was heavily industrialized during its 40+ years under communism. Every town had an industrial centre and people were moved all over the country to these areas to work in the mines and factories. During the transition to a market economy, these mono-industrial areas have been left adrift, without a long-term plan of re-conversion.

Ioana Cîrlig, Romania