Spanish unemployment crisis – in pictures

Jasper Juinen was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 1973. He left school at the age of 16 to start as a trainee with Reuters photographer Jerry Lampen. Jasper joined Getty Images in 2007. Here, he documents the troubles of Villacañas in Spain, a formerly thriving industrial town now struggling with unemployment

FTA: Jasper Juinen: The sun rises over the town of Villacanas, Spain — The sun rises over the town of Villacañas, Spain Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Spanish Crisis Closes The Door Industry — Materials are scattered around an old workbench inside the abandoned Mavisa door factory. During the construction boom in Spain, the majority of the doors used in new developments were made in this small industrial town Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Two men drag unfinshed doors behind them — Two men drag unfinished doors behind them to be burned on their stoves at home Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Clocking in cards inside the abandoned Mavisa door factory — Clocking-in cards inside the abandoned factory. Approximately 7m doors a year were once assembled here, while the factory employed a workforce of almost 5,700 people Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: The abandoned Mavisa door factory in Villacanas — The factory entrance Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Former door factory worker waits for a food hand-out — Fifty-year-old former door-factory worker Luis Gonzales, right, who received his last welfare payment this month, waits with others at a Red Cross post for a food handout Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: A closed down supermarket from the Intermarche chain stands deserted — A closed-down Intermarche supermarket stands deserted Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Children play in Calle Mayor in Villacanas — Children play in Calle Mayor in Villacañas Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: A market salesman packs up his unsold vegetables on the local market — A salesman packs up his unsold vegetables after a day on the local market Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Laid-off workers from the Artevi door factory chat during a picket — Laid-off workers from the Artevi door factory chat during a picket to prevent machinery leaving the factory, demanding salary payments and a settlement – some for over 25 years' work
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FTA: Jasper Juinen: A Red Cross worker arranges boxes of biscuits — A Red Cross worker arranges boxes of biscuits while unemployed Villacañas residents wait in line for a handout Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: Calle Mayor is empty on a Friday night — Calle Mayor is empty on a Friday night – a typical night for Spaniards to shop and go out. Villacañas is typical of many former buoyant industrial Spanish towns now struggling with huge unemployment problems Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: People store food they received at a Red Cross point in their kitchen — Maria Regine Bueno Villar and her husband, former door-factory worker Angel Perez Fernandez, sort through food they received at a Red Cross point Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: A barman chats with his only customer on a Friday night — A barman chats with his only customer on a Friday night Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

FTA: Jasper Juinen: A barman surfs the internet on his laptop — Also on a Friday night, a barman surfs the internet on his laptop inside his empty venue on Plaza Mayor Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

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