KOSOVO
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BAJRAM
Fairground worker on the outskirts of Prizren Southern Kosovo. -
BOMBED SERBIAN HEADQUARTERS
About 10 miles south of Pristine the bombed out ruin of a former Serbian Airforce HQ stands as testament to a war now passed and acts as a tomb still to this day for those that served and perished here the night of the attack.
The hill to the right in the background acted as a shelter to the Serbian Air Force during this time having been hollowed out giving the planes on the ground strong protection from any attack and what was the main runway serves as the road that leads to Pristina new airport. -
ANDUENA LATIFI STUDENT AT THE TENNIS SCHOOL PRISTINE
Grey clouds settle in for the day but rain isn't going to stop play for Anduena as she turns up for todays afternoon lesson. -
'D' - CAFE METRO PRISTINE
The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA (Albanian; Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves or UCK) was a Kosovar Albanian organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. With the war looking ever more immanent 'D' heard the call and walked from his bar tending job in Londons Soho travelling back home to join the fight for the cause. Involved in many a battle he was always recognisable when the helmet came off revealing a white Givenchy bandana tied around his head beneath and was even featured in an addition of Vanity Fair when one of it's reporters went to the front line. -
ALBAN - NEAR DRAMICA CENTRAL KOSOVO 25TH APRIL 2011
Alban returned after the war to the home of his youth and today scours the local area for tin cans and any recyclable waste that people will pay cents or euros for. It's still hard to believe during the twilight days of the 20th Century in the cradle of Southern Europe that Alban was hunted down by the Serbian Security Forces as they tightened their grip on Kosovo as it strove fighting desperately for independence. He bears the physical scars on his legs where he was shot before escaping after confronting a tank in rage and then fleeing from his home with his wife and young baby making for the mountain woods south from here where for the coming months they hid as the war continued to take it's toll on the population left behind. With nothing but a sack of flour and the determination to survive Alban bought his family through their darkest days as they hid high up on the slopes in the dark wooded forests moving occasionally . He tells me more of the time spent in the woods during those dark days and refuses to be bitter against those who would do ill against him all the time saying "That was then and this is now, we have our Kosovo". -
R. AT THE KLA MEMORIAL NEAR THE BORDER WITH MACEDONIA
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FAIRGROUND RIDE
Beside the German KFOR Base Prizren Southern Kosovo. -
SHEREMET GASHI
Local farmer who watched in awe as NATO guided bombs fell on this now ruined former Serbian Communications Center near Dramica which had been one of the main control centers for the Serbian Airforce. The bodies of the personal on duty that night are said to still be buried beneath the rubble. -
NEW BORN CENTRAL PRISTINE
Blertav Vigan and her Husband return from studying abroad ready to now lead the dertermined push for a new Kosovo. -
BILL CLINTON SQUARE CENTRAL PRISTINE
As one drives from the airport to the city it's impossible to miss a smiling Bill Clinton greeting passers by, the road is even named after the ex-president. Other western figures instrumental in NATO's 1999 bombing campaign are also immortalised across the country with streets named after British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. Secretary Of State Madeline Albright and U.S. Diplomat William Walker. All over there is still a sense of gratitude here towards those politicians who pushed for intervention from the international community when it mattered. -
MAN ON A RAILWAY LINE NEAR THE STATION IN PRISTINE
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KLA MEMORIAL
Another KLA Memorial on the road from Gjakova to Prizren Western Kosovo. -
DJACKOVA BARRACKS
Ruins stand as monument to where the allies unleashed their shock and awe from above bombing the Serbian Barracks with depleted uranium warheads. Today one can still see the damage wreaked that night and as well as the ruined barracks the cancer rate in the locality has risen by over 35% since the war has ended in this rather isolated and forgotten town now the war machine has moved on.
Djackova Southern Kosovo. -
UCK (KLA) MEMORIAL TO ISMIT JASHARI KUMANOVA - PRIZREN SOUTHERN KOSOVO
Right after the war monuments and memorial sites flourished in Kosovo mainly erected by families that had lost beloved ones during the war. these monuments and memorials were erected to commemorate both soldiers and commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army as well as their victims. Only a few memorials however have been erected under the patronage of the Kosovo government with several others erected under the direction of local municipalities whereas most are erected from private initiatives. The location of monuments and memorial sites varies from place to place. In urban areas in cities usually there is to be found one monument the perpetuates the rememberance of the hero to whom the monument is erected but also to the last war. Usually the hero is either from that city or from the surrounding region signaling the location itself as an historical venue usually being the place where the hero died. -
UPON ARRIVAL
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REMEMBER THE MOUNTAIN WOLF
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GARAGE WEST PRISTINE
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REMEMBERED
Candles burn within a Serbian Church on the outskirts of Pristina -
ON HOLD
The Christ The Saviour in central Pristina remains unfinished to this day after it's construction was halted by the Kosovan War in 1998. It's future to this day remains uncertain as ownership of the land it stands on is still being disputed between the current University Of Pristina and The Serbian Orthodox Church. -
THE FOOTBALL MATCH
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ALBIAN
Web Developer, VJ and all round creative genius at his studio, Central Pristina. -
WALL OF THE DEAD AND MISSING
A wall stands in Central Pristina where people can come and write the names or their dead and missing loved ones for all to see and remember. -
LAND MINES
Red triangular signs warn of danger in the woods surrounding playing fields near the Pishina e Gërmisë in the north east of Pristina. -
HAMAM JAZZ CLUB PRISTINA
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NEW BORN AND THE FUTURE
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GYPSY MUSICIAN PRISTINA