Photo by @tamaramerino_photography / Churchgoers attend a Sunday service in an underground Orthodox church in Coober Pedy, Australia. The space was built by the town’s Serbian community in 1993. Among a population of 1,695 inhabitants, Coober Pedy residents represent a collection of immigrants from 45 different countries, including World War II veterans who decided to escape their past lives and take refuge in their underground homes, which they call dugouts. Coober Pedy is an unconventional town, where personal, social, and professional life takes place under the desolate and burning Simpson Desert, and most residents go after its great wealth of opal, a valuable gemstone. The town of Coober Pedy takes its name from the Aboriginal term “kupa-piti,” which translates to “white man hole.” The town is located in an isolated corner of the southern Australian outback, a full 530 miles from the nearest city. This photo is part of my series Underland, which documents communities living unde...