Category: Civil Wars

Grief is written across the foreground as a woman clutches her head, caught mid-step on a cobbled street while the world behind her lurches into crisis. To the left, a military truck crowded with soldiers rolls past, flags fluttering above the packed bed; to the right, everyday storefronts and onlookers frame the scene in uneasy…

Across a rough patch of ground, bodies lie in dense rows, their clothing still clinging as the earth and debris gather around them. The stark monochrome reduces the scene to harsh contrasts—fabric folds, limbs at awkward angles, and the uneven texture of soil—leaving little room for distance or abstraction. It is an image of aftermath…

Along a roadside choked with shrubs and a low barrier of wire and posts, a cluster of Cambodians scramble and strain for purchase, some perched on the top rail while others reach from below. A young man balances in sandals with his knees tucked, looking toward the movement on the other side, as hands and…

A young detainee faces the camera with a stark, steady gaze, his bruised mouth and smeared blood marking a moment of violence that words can barely contain. The plain backdrop offers no context to soften the scene, while the worn surface of the print—stains, scratches, and fading—adds another layer of damage, this time to the…

Earth and sandbags rise in rough tiers around a heavy siege gun, forming a low, fortified nest that speaks to the patient engineering of a long investment. Uniformed Prussian artillerymen and officers stand atop the parapet and along the gun platform, their rigid poses contrasting with the churned soil and timber bracing underfoot. The open…

Outside the shuttered façade of Les Ombrages, a tight formation of officers stands at ease, their dark uniforms and sabres turning a makeshift headquarters into a stage for authority. The arched ground-floor openings and balustraded balcony frame the group like a formal portrait, while small guard huts marked “G.M.” hint at the routines of an…

Tension spills across Leeson Street in Belfast as a crowd surges into the roadway, bodies caught mid-stride and arms raised in the unmistakable motion of throwing. The RUC vehicle sits ahead on the right, drawing projectiles and attention, while the wide, bare street amplifies the sense of exposure and risk. Terraced buildings, shuttered-looking shopfronts, and…

Urgency fills the frame as an injured man is lifted into the back of a vehicle, his face bloodied while helpers lean in to steady him and make space for the stretcher. The cramped interior, the open door, and the quick, practiced movements suggest a moment when every second mattered, the kind of roadside triage…

Harsh lighting and a cramped interior frame a moment of coercion in Višegrad during the Bosnian war, where a captured man recoils as a Serbian soldier looms close in camouflage. The scene is intimate in the most unsettling way—there is no battlefield vista, only bodies pressed into a narrow space, a clenched arm, and a…

Inside a cramped Sarajevo morgue, bodies lie arranged on stretchers and makeshift bedding, the concrete-block walls and harsh lighting offering no comfort from what has been brought in from the streets. Bandages, bloodstains, and personal clothing remain, small reminders that these were ordinary lives interrupted by war. A ladder leans against the back wall and…