I went with friends - an American and some Georgians - to Gori and north of it to the South Ossetian border today, through villages from which Russian troops had recently departed - the former buffer zone, in other words. Plenty of ruined houses, bombed- or burnt-out, and destroyed lives, in these villages.Top: a typical scenario of damage
2nd: talking to a survivor
3rd: damage, closeup
4th: built 2006, destroyed 2008
5th: Merab, one of his village's haunted heroes, who stayed in place for the whole of the Russian operation and occupation
good, good, these are the "common" photographs the rest of us need to see. there are the similarities in photographs from croatia a decade plus....
ReplyDeleteIt was a harrowing experience being there. Now if they could just get some AID instead of just photographers running around, it'd be great. But the group I was with will hopefully be involved with that.
ReplyDeleteguau!!... Muy bueno lo que hacés. Debés ser muy feliz haciéndolo. Gente con tu interés le hace bien al universo...
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