The life expectancy rate for the average male in Murmansk, a city situated in the north west of Russia, is 58 years, for female it is 72. The average female therefore lives 15 years longer than the average male. In a series of portraits I have met some of the women that remained after their husband died. With no work, and no help from the government they are left to themselves, or as often is the case, left to live with their children.
