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FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ARCHIVE(91 images)
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The photographs in this archive contain imagery from former Yugoslavia between 1998 to 2002. Yugoslavia had undergone a series of bloody wars and thus disintegrated into Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and Slovenia. The archive is a collection of a time of ending and beginning, pain and beauty. It is a historical, visual journey of transition for the region.
  • A worn out political poster in favor of former dictator Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic, who controlled the country through one decade of war and who recently died in prison, was ousted in the 1999 and replaced by a pro-democracy government. Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. June, 2001. By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A bullet riddled sign outside Medjugorje, Bosnia Herzegovina<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Remains of War - A road sign depicting the Mother of Christ scarred with bullet holes near the border of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. In the early part of the war, Croatians and Bosnian Muslims both declared independence from Yugoslavia and fought a defensive against Yugoslav forces. Shortly thereafter Croats and Muslims became each otherís enemies. Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, August 1998 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Between Serbia and east Kosovo. A young soldier keeps guard from the potential threat of Albanian terrorists. near Vranje, Serbia, Yugoslavia, May 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington&#xA;<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Bullet holes line the streets of this eastern Croatian city. Fighting between Yugoslavian forces and Croatian paramilitary in the early part of the 1990ís ripped through the city and is known as the first large offensive against the seceding country. The war torn city is scarred and still has not been rebuilt. Vukovar, Croatia, August 2000 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • The main square in Vukovar is mostly empty and still scarred from fighting, but it still holds this statue of three Yugoslav partisans. The partisans, seen as folk heros by many, helped defeat the Nazis and along with Josip Broz Titio, helped create what used to be known as Yugoslavia. Vukovar, Croatia, August 2000 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A street poster of a Macedonian presidential candidate Boris Trajkovski (now deceased) is gouged in the eyes. There are two million people residing in Macedonia, but an enormous rise in population among the Albanian population is contributing to the ethnic tensions and crimes between Albanians and Macedonians. Skopje, Macedonia, June 2000 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Young soldiers kill time near the buffer zone between Serbia and eastern Kosovo. Oslarskirid (near Bujanovac), Serbia, Yugoslavia, April 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Protesters calling for the release of alleged Kosovar-Albanian prisoners of war. Their demands are made to KFOR, the NATO led international peace keeping force, in hope that they will influence the Yugoslavian government to release the prisoners. Urosevac, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, July 1999 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Neighborhood kids play ìwarî in the afternoon. Real armed threat is just a few kilometers away. Bujanovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia, June 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • An apartment building near downtown Sarajevo. The war in the early 1990's destroyed most of the city. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, January 1999 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Apartment Blocks in Neighborhood outside of the city center. Skopje, Macedonia, July 2000 © Stephen Blake Farrington&#xA;<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A Serbian refugee family from Kosovo. Belgrade has always been a place where people migrate, especially in time of war and displacement. Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, June 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A street poster, part of a campaign that opposes corruption. Corruption in many institutions, as well as everyday life, has been prevalent for the last decade and still exists today. Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, June 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Kosevo cemetery. During the siege of the city in the early 1990ís the deceased were buried wherever there was space. This cemetery was once part of the grounds for the Winter Olympic Games held in 1984. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, December 1999 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A replication of Christ in an old cemetery. This cemetery houses tombs for Serbs, Croats, Jews, Italians, Slovaks and many more diverse ethnicities and nationalities. Zemun, Serbia, Yugoslavia, May 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A displaced elderly woman from Kosovo. Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, February 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A train heading south to Greece. This passenger train from Budapest to Thessaloniki runs through the heart of former Yugoslavia. Southern Macedonia, June 1998 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Boy running on the street. Matka, Near Skopje, Macedonia, 1999. By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • The Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) holds a rally in the center of town. The rally marked the two-year anniversary of NATO bombardment. The party, headed by Slobodan Milosevic, ruled Yugoslavia with an iron fist through the 1990's. In October 2000, after the revolution, a democratic government was implemented. Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, March 23, 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A woman waits on the downtown promenade. Zagreb, Croatia, June 2000 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • A Protestant baptism. With the major religions in the former Yugoslavia being Orthodox Christian, Catholic Christian and Islam, different religions and other branches of Christianity are labeled as religious cults. Skopje, Macedonia, June 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Icons in the open-air market. The second from the left is Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic is the former ruler of the Serbian Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as the number one wanted war criminal from the civil war in ex-Yugoslavia. New Blegrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia February 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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  • Young girls hired as product promoters hand out free cigarettes during a parade. Guca (Gucha), Serbia, Yugoslavia, August 2001 © Stephen Blake Farrington<br /> By photographer Blake Farrington
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