Elena Chernyshova, a Russian documentary photographer, spent seven months over the course of a year in Russia's most polluted city, Norilsk.
Her project, "Days of Night — Nights of Day," documents the unique lifestyle of Norilsk residents living in the isolated industrial city deep in Siberia.
This year her work was honored with the third-place prize in the "daily life" category of the World Press Photo Awards.
The Moscow Times met with Chernyshova for an interview in Moscow to talk about her project and life in Norilsk.
For more of Chernyshova's photos, visit her website.
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