These bunkers are located in the separatists control zone so access for humanitarian organizations is possible but very difficult to organize in a war area.Some of the bunkers have electricity but most of them don't have any water system. So either humanitarian organization bring bottles of water or they run during the day to their houses to fill-up bottle. The walls of the bunkers have no finish on it so, a constant white dust from the cement is lying on beds, tables, or raise-up when you walk even if the families do their best to clean it up. Since end of cold war, these bunkers are not in use so the owners (coal mines, municipality, etc.) tolerate these squatters for humanitarian reasons.
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Location: MontrealNationality: CanadianBiography: I have begin taking photos since I was 11, taking my father’s Brownie Super 27 camera, without his permission, to shoot people throwing stones at soldiers in the street of Montreal, during the 1970 October crisis. I found out early that I... read on
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PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
My life is a bunker
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© 2018 Yves Choquette
A sign saying Bomb shelter, 50 meter in that direction.
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Behind the entrance of the bunker, the coal mine who actually own the bunkers and allowed the family to squatted it for humanitarian reasons.
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One of the several kids living in the bunker intrigued by my presence.
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Tomas Vlach (on the right) emergency coordinator for the NGO "People in Need" welcome by some members of families living in the bunker.
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Inside the bunker, main entrance door. A flag of the separatist is hanging on the upright side of the door. A dog on the lower left side intrigued by the newcomers
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Kidd's bicycle belonging to the several families could live in the bunker (up to 70 people at a time).
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Thomas trying to confort a kid who thought that he was brining food with him.
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Typical room for a family in the bunker. Here 7 people sleep and live in this room. The grandmother on the left, the mother and her five kids. The father has gone, no clear explanation from the mother.
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People in the bunker try to give asense to their lives and this is include some decoration. The kids are especially active on this.
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Kids watching cartoons in a room inside the bunker.
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Marina preparing the dinner, pasta for her two kids, in a small room reserve for cooking. Like most of the family we saw, no husband is present.
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Natasha, 11 years old. Severely traumatize by the conflict. She scream every time she hear unfamiliar noise.
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There is several rooms with different size in the bunker. Here a tiny one to accommodate this man who refuse to give me it's name and to be identified.
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Two young man trying to repair a soccer ball.
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Pasha 5 years old with his guinea pig, Masha.
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Agna, 10 years old and her little brother, Voda, 4 years old.
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Anton, 30 years old. No work and can't join the separatist army as he wish because of its legs got injured after a severe car accident several years ago. So he spend the days either inside the bunker or visiting is house in Petrovsky and taking care of his little garden.
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Inside one of the room. Typical bed in the bunker; made of empty cardboard boxes.
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Two man live in this tiny room but they were not there when we visited.
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Czech photographer Iva Zimova trying to comfort Babushka as she often cry, lost hope for a better life sometimes. This was the second day we visited the bunkers
These bunkers are located in the separatists control zone so access for humanitarian organizations is possible but very difficult to organize in a war area.Some of the bunkers have electricity but most of them don't have any water system. So either humanitarian organization bring bottles of water or they run during the day to their houses to fill-up bottle. The walls of the bunkers have no finish on it so, a constant white dust from the cement is lying on beds, tables, or raise-up when you walk even if the families do their best to clean it up. Since end of cold war, these bunkers are not in use so the owners (coal mines, municipality, etc.) tolerate these squatters for humanitarian reasons.