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The Dying Villages project

Emptying villages: Alberto, Valbueno, Omana, Spain 2007
For three months each winter, Alberto lives in the village of Valbueno, Omana, Spain, entirely alone. 'Just me and the cows'
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Villager, Villabandin, Omana
A villager smiles in Villabandin, Omana, Spain, in 2007. 'We worked hard, but we were happy. Not a bad one among us. Not one'
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Father Georgy, Karabanova
Father Georgy in Karabanova, Kostroma, Russia, in 2008. 'I'm building a church in each emptying village in the parish. Why? Because I am a priest'
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Rima, Kozino, Kostroma
Rima, in Kozino, Kostroma, Russia, pictured in 2008, is the sole inhabitant of her village. 'I stay because I like village life'
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Village Women, Pobladura de la Sierra
Village women knit in Pobladura de la Sierra, Castilla y León, Spain. The majority of those left in Europe's depopulating villages are women
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Villager, Medvedki, Kostroma
A villager in Medvedki, Kostroma, Russia in 2008 answers a request for a song: 'These teeth aren't for singing any more, only swearing'
Photograph: Tom Pow
Emptying villages: Jacks from a Dying Village and boule from a dying village
Jacks from a Dying Village and Boule from a Dying Village (2010) by Tom Pow and Elizabeth Waugh
Photograph: Abby Burn
Emptying villages: From The Suitcase of the Dying Village. The Book of Years
The Book of Years (2010) by Tom Pow and the Busy Bees of Ae Village, from a display of artefacts entitled The Suitcase of the Dying Village
Photograph: Abby Burn
Emptying villages: Lizzie Farey. Willow, heather, bog myrtle, moss, grass, peat. 2009
Willow, Heather, Bog Myrtle, Moss, Grass, Peat (2009) by Lizzie Farey, from The Suitcase of the Dying Village
Photograph: Abby Burn
Emptying villages: From The Suitcase of the Dying Village. Relic
Relic (2008) by Tom Pow, from The Suitcase of the Dying Village. Made from felt boot trimming found in a box in Glebovo, Kostroma, Russia
Photograph: Abby Burn
Dying villages: Tom Pow during his residency at the Scottish Poetry Library
Tom Pow sits beneath the Tree of Dying Villages during his residency at the Scottish Poetry Library in April this year
Photograph: Lilias Fraser
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