Category: Civil Wars

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…

Amid canvas tents and trampled grass, President Abraham Lincoln stands in his tall hat among a ring of Union officers, his dark coat cutting a spare silhouette against the pale camp backdrop. The men around him wear the practical uniforms of the Civil War—caps pulled low, brass buttons catching the light, boots planted as if…

Perched on a sunlit outcrop at Gettysburg in July 1863, Alfred R. Waud pauses with sketchbook balanced on his knee, pencil poised as if the scene might change before he can catch it. His wide-brimmed hat and heavy boots speak to the rough, improvised life of a man working close to the fighting, while the…

Alma S. Wolcott Bennett stands with a steady, unsmiling composure, posed beside an ornate chair that hints at a studio setting rather than the wards where she worked. Her carefully arranged hair, plain collar, and full skirt reflect the mid-19th-century fashion of respectability, yet the directness of her gaze suggests a life shaped by urgency…