Maciej Moskwa

Photographer
Dead Cities
Location: Gdańsk
Nationality: Poland
Biography:     Born in GdaÅ„sk, Poland. Graduated from Sopot Schools of Photography WFH. Since 2011 focuesd on documenting turmoil in Syria and consequences of this conflict in neigbouring countries. In 2014 and 2015 he was awarded Picture of the... MORE
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Dead Cities
Copyright Maciej Moskwa/TESTIGO.pl 2024
Updated Jan 2014
Topics Children, Civil Rights, Civil Wars, Dictatorship, Documentary, Homelessness, Human Rights, idlib, Photography, photojournalism, syria, War

"Dead Cities" are the remains of Roman and Byzantine settlements in the north-western Syria. In 2012, during the civil war in Syria, more than one million people had to abandon their homes and sought safe shelter. They came to the places where the Ancients buried their dead. In places such as Shansharah, Robia, Serjilla the living cohabitate with the dead in ruins and tombs, often underground. They are exposed to the elements, cold, wet hungry and vulnerable to disease. Many, fleeing from their homes, could not take much with them, the heaviest luggage they carry is their memories filled with the images, sounds and smells of an ongoing war. Although they hide, danger accompanies them each day with the constant risk of shelling coupled with gnawing hunger. The risk of contracting Tuberculosis or Leishmaniasis is an everyday reality. Photographs taken in Febraury and March 2013. Photographs: Maciej Moskwa/TESTIGO.pl

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