Category: Civil Wars

Broken masonry and scorched stone frame what remains of the Palais des Tuileries, turning a once-ceremonial interior into a rough-edged shell. A classical statue still stands in its niche, strangely intact amid collapsed cornices, cracked columns, and debris piled where walls and ceilings used to meet. Through the gaping openings, daylight pours in without resistance—an…

Energy ripples across the matted floor as a line of boys waits its turn, watching classmates tumble and flip in a local gym in Catholic Derry. Bare feet, borrowed-looking uniforms, and a mix of T‑shirts and martial arts jackets place the scene firmly in everyday 1970s youth culture, where discipline was learned alongside play. In…

Inside a cramped shelter in Osijek, everyday life is pressed into the margins of war: people lie on thin bedding and blankets, while others sit upright on the hard floor, waiting out the next round of bombings. Stacked crates and a closed door turn an ordinary storage-like room into a temporary refuge, where the smallest…

Across a pale, open hillside in western Bosnia, two armed Bosnian Croat soldiers move away from the foreground, their backs turned toward the viewer as the landscape stretches into a washed-out sky. In the grass lies the body of a Bosnian Serb soldier, motionless and partly crumpled, a stark counterpoint to the steady stride of…

Inside a stark hospital room, a wounded man lies on the floor as medical staff in white coats crouch beside him, hands moving quickly between his arm and chest. Blood-stained cloth and a makeshift stretcher frame the scene, suggesting the urgency of triage when beds, time, and supplies were all in short supply. The title,…

Across the broken paving of Hero’s Square, a young girl sprints past an overturned car, her body angled forward as if speed itself might offer protection. Behind her, the facades of apartment blocks loom with dark, punched-out windows and scarred concrete, the everyday architecture of home transformed into a jagged backdrop of war. The title…

Leaning against a stair rail, a woman steadies a large loaf of bread with both hands, her fingers spread as if to protect it from being dropped—or taken. The soft focus on her face draws attention back to the bread’s rough crust and cracked surface, turning an everyday staple into the clear subject of the…

Under the shaded colonnade of a mosque courtyard, two armed men lean in close—one whispering a last word, the other listening with a tightened jaw—before they separate for the road to the front. A kiss of farewell, part blessing and part bargain with fate, sits uneasily beside the hard geometry of slung rifles, webbing, and…

Mirza Mangajic lies lengthwise across his grandmother’s lap, a boy’s face turned upward as if listening for a voice that isn’t spoken aloud. One of her hands steadies him with practiced tenderness, while the other rests close by, framing the intimacy of the moment. The composition draws the eye to their touch and to his…

Under the shade of spring leaves, an elderly man stands at the edge of freshly turned earth in a Sarajevo cemetery, his hand drawn to his face as if weighing words that cannot be spoken. Rows of simple grave markers recede behind him, their repetition turning the landscape into a ledger of loss. The quiet…