Mathias Depardon. On an Immense Memorial.

A woman lies on an immense memorial at Malaya Zemlya, in Novorossiysk, Russia. The structure represents the Russian defeat of the Germans at this outpost in 1943. Novorossiysk, Russia.

Mathias Depardon was raised between France, Belgium and the US. After studying social communication and journalism in Brussels, Mathias joined the Belgian national newspaper Le Soir before devoting himself to reportage and feature work.

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