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  • A group of Afghan refugees walking on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150519_056.jpg
  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150515_338.jpg
  • A pair of shoes left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150519_077.jpg
  • A pedestrian with an umbrella under rain passing by a plaque portraying an old drachma coin, which was replaced by the euro in 2002, outside Athens City Hall
    GMK120518_095.jpg
  • When we were hiding in the mountain some people in the group had mobile phones with them and they got news . Bad news, they learned that ISIS has surrounded the mountain and we were scared that they will find our place. <br />
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We were very tired, we were hungry and thirsty. <br />
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I cannot forget those moments in my life. All the Yazidis were walking and walking and praying for our lives because we thought that all of us we will die.
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  • A group of Syrians resting by a spring in Sykamia village. They have been walking for half an hour from the beach and they might have to walk nine more hours to Moria where the First Reception Centre is located.Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150517_602.jpg
  • ASyrian refugee sleeping by the road. The man later told us that he was so tired from walking that he couldn't look for a better shelter. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_068.jpg
  • MSF translators Bashir and Rashid try to wake up a  Syrian refugee who was sleeping by the road. The man later told us that he was so tired from walking that he couldn't look for a better shelter. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_077.jpg
  • Tourists walking by the shattered windows of Atheneum hotel in Syntagma square. <br />
<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    GMK_081209_145.jpg
  • Noon, Monday 14th of September 2015. The bus from Belgrade to Kanjiža is full of refugees and migrants heading to border. One of them is a man from Daraa with a broken leg. Few hours later I see him walking with crutches on the disused rail line, it must have taken him few hours.
    150914_162.jpg
  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150515_222.jpg
  • Athenians walking in front of the Greek parliament, Syntagma Sq,  Athens, Greece
    GMK120516_322.jpg
  • I saw many people, old people, grandparents, children all dead on the road. Their relatives left the bodies behind because they had to run, they had to escape. <br />
<br />
You can only help the ones who are alive, you cannot do anything about the dead. <br />
<br />
I saw kids, newborn babies, one month, two month old dead on the mountains and on the side of the road to Syria. More than 300 kids died on the way.<br />
<br />
We didn’t have anything with us, we were walking for 36 hours and we were very very tired.
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  • Early morning, Tuesday 15th of September 2015. The Hungarian train stopped at the station of Hegyeshalom  at 3:25 in the morning. A policeman wake up Aysha and told her to move out of the train. There was police everywhere in the station. It was foggy and the lights were dim. The refugees start waking silently through the streets of the small village. At every crossroad there was a policeman to show them the way and make sure that none will stay in Hungary. At the end of the village a policeman showed them a dark bicycle route to Austria. Aysha was walking for more that an hour in the darkness until she saw the lights in the Austrian border.
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  • Monday, 14 September 2015. Aysha carries Bisan on the long march from Horgos in Serbia to the Hungarian border. There is a constant flow of people walking on the abandoned railway tracks, rushing to get into Hungary before the border closes to undocumented migrants and refugees.
    150914_461.jpg
  • A group of people walking in Moria camp through the window of the abandoned camp refectory.
    150719_021.jpg
  • A disabled Syrian in his 70's resting in his walking stick after he disembark from a boat that brought him to Europe. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece. Many spend their life savings, over $1000, to buy a space on those boats.
    150517_351.jpg
  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150515_309.jpg
  • An Afghan carrying his child is walking the the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150515_231.jpg
  • Men walking to the lake in Stenje, FYR Macedonia
    PL12.jpg
  • Greeks walking under rain by a plaque portraying an old drachma coin, which was replaced by the euro in 2002, outside Athens City Hall
    GMK120518_077.jpg
  • Athenians walking in front of the Greek parliament, Syntagma Sq,  Athens, Greece
    GMK120516_293.jpg
  • A group of around 50 Afghans, men, women and children are walking the 9 hour distance from Skala Sykaminias to the village of Moria where the First Reception Centre is located. Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150515_291.jpg
  • Thursday 10 September 2015 at 20:09 in the village of Mantamados, Lesbos island.  Aysha at the back of my car with her daughter Bisan sleeping in her arms. Aysha was the most vulnerable person of her group so I offered her a lift from the landing spot to the registration camp of Kara Tepe in Mytilini. The rest of her group had to walk to the village of Sikaminia and then either walk the 43 Kilometres to the camp or wait for hours for one of the buses run by MSF, and IRC to take them there.
    150910_390.jpg
  • Hassan and Hussein from Syria walk towards Mytiline. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_004.jpg
  • How far is to walk to Sweden ? <br />
A Syrian family that just landed in the Greek island of Lesvos walks towards the nearest police station to report their arrival and get registered. Near Skala Sikamineas, Lesvos , Greece
    150910_381.jpg
  • Afternoon, Wednesday 16th of September 2015. Aysha and her girls walk up the steep hill about a kilometre away from the German border.
    150916_240.jpg
  • Sunday 13th of September 2015, afternoon. Aysha is carrying Bisan through a field meters away from the Macedonian - Serbian border. About an hour ago a train full of immigrants and refugees arrived at the border village of Slanishte after 4 hrs of travelling across the Republic of Macedonia. A group of Danish volunteers gave Aysha a pram to carry her daughters. The path is uneven and it will take her more than an hour to walk to the Serbian town of Preshevo.
    150913_467.jpg
  • MSF doctor Dimitris Giannousis and MSF nurse Ida Tornstensson together with MSF Campaign manager (?) Mitsi Persani walk towards the MSF mobile unit at the pot of Mytiline.
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  • MSF doctor Dimitris Giannousis and MSF nurse Ida Tornstensson together with MSF Campaign manager (?) Mitsi Persani walk towards the MSF mobile unit at the pot of Mytiline.
    150909_053.jpg
  • Abbas from Afghanistan shows me his sore feet. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_047.jpg
  • A shirt left on the road between Mantamado and Mytilini. Most refugees land on the northern shores of the island and they walk for nine hours either to Mytilini port or to Moria  First Reception Centre..Everyday hundreds of refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, are crossing in small overcrowded inflatable boats the 6 mile channel from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesbos in Greece.
    150519_029.jpg
  • Three girls in green raincoats walk under the rain in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_025.jpg
  • Refugees walk in the fields towards Idomeni, maybe to the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
<br />
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_189.jpg
  • A family of refugees walk with all the possessions wrapped in UNHCR blankets in a flooded muddy field near the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
<br />
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_153.jpg
  • Afternoon, Wednesday 16th of September 2015. Aysha made it to Germany, her final destination. I thought they would be happy to take a picture under the sign, but both her and the kids were exhausted from the long uphill walk.
    150916_277A.jpg
  • Afternoon, Wednesday 16th of September 2015. Aysha and her girls walk up the steep hill about a kilometre away from the German border.
    150916_256.jpg
  • Morning, Tuesday 15th of September 2015. On the motorway to Vienna we see a group of Afghan teenagers who could’t afford a Taxi ride to Vienna. They walk on the hard shoulder.
    150915_127.jpg
  • Two refugee girls walk past the MSF tent where they ear;tier they received snacks and bottled water, at the petrol station near Idomeni. In the last few months the fields near this petrol station have become a transit camp for thousands of refugees and migrants waiting to cross to Greek Macedonian border.
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  • Discarded medicine near Skala Sykamias, Lesvos, Greece. When the refugees and migrants walk from Skala Sykamias to the main road they trough away their wet possessions.
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  • Alizada Amir from Kabul area, Afghanistan and his family rest in the shadow of a church yard near the village of Mantamados. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_022.jpg
  • Kadir from Afghanistan resting in a church yard near the village of Mantamados. Refugees land at the northern shores of the island of Lesbos and then they have to walk the 9 hour distance to one of the camps.
    150720_045.jpg
  • Refugees walk in the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
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Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_207.jpg
  • Syrian refugees walk from the port of Molyvos to a car park that a Coast Guard's bus waits to take them to one of the camps in Mytiline
    150720_109.jpg
  • A firefighter walks in the deserted Ermou street at the centre of Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_670.jpg
  • Leszek 53, Helena 50, Anita 22<br />
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Janowice, Województwo Lubelskie, Poland<br />
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Helena is a manager and chef in a restaurant in Janowiec<br />
Leszek is a security guard<br />
Anita is a student of journalism in Lublin<br />
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Helena and Leszek eat everyday together when Leszek comes back from work. When we have a big smile in our faces after our meal we know that we had a good one. Anita and Lukasz visiting their parents twice a month and when they are at home we have big lunch together. When all of us are together we spend all day by the table. We have breakfast and then lunch. Food brings the family together. We talk for hours, drink tea and stay until late. In the summer we eat in the garden; after Sunday lunch we like to go for a walk in the fields.
    Polish Family # 11 - portrait
  • I moved to my house a year and a half  ago. I like it because it is like a village in Warsaw. Only 15 Km from the centre but there is a forest where I can walk for 3 hours.
    Polish Family # 04 - house
  • A man covering his nose and mouth walks on Ermou street while burned out shops still smoke. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_661.jpg
  • Ania 32 Weronika 2½ Konrad 34<br />
Lódz, Poland  average income, higher education<br />
Ania is a sociologist and works for a electric power company. Konrad is a judge.<br />
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On Sundays we like to go for a walk and then eat with our parents. Ania's mother cooks turkey with rice and berries.
    Polish Family # 03 - portrait
  • A teenage girl confronting the riot police that protects the Greek parliament.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_689.jpg
  • A teenager protesting in front of a riot policeman in Syntagma square. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081213_008.jpg
  • A smashed window in the McDonald's restaurant on Syntagma Square. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_369.jpg
  • Shattered glass on a shop front on Panepistimiou Street.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_293.jpg
  • A shattered revolving door. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_272.jpg
  • A smashed shop front of a looted music store in Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_239.jpg
  • Flowers outside the closed shop of the mother of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_204.jpg
  • A burned out building on Akadimias street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_129.jpg
  • A burned out building on Ermou Street.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_450.jpg
  • Teenage protestors against riot police in front of Hotel Grande Bretagne in Syntagma square, Athens. Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_560.jpg
  • A destroyed ATM in Alexandras avenue, Athens<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_121.jpg
  • The burned out remains of 'Sprider', a shop on Ermou Street.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081207_005.jpg
  • Riot Police pushing back the protesting teenagers to Syntagma square<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_384.jpg
  • A man walks under the rain in a flooded muddy field near the transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
<br />
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling.
    160310_004.jpg
  • A refugee boy carrying rain coats walks on the rail line in the refugee transit camp of Idomeni, Greece. <br />
<br />
Thousands of refugees are stranded in Idomeni unable to cross the border. The facilities here are stretched to the limit and the conditions are appalling. It's raining, it's cold there is mud everywhere and there is no hope that the border will open anytime soon.
    160312_164.jpg
  • Burned car and building in Ermou Street. <br />
<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    GMK_081209_456.jpg
  • Broken storefront in Panepistimiou street.<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    GMK_081209_293.jpg
  • View of Kanningos street in Exarhia district of Athens opposite the National Technical University of Athens after the unrest of the 8th of December. <br />
<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    GMK_081208_017.jpg
  • Burned "Sprider" shop at Ermou street located in the main shopping area of Athens.<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    GMK_081207_005.jpg
  • The dinner table of Tuesday 19 January at 20:00<br />
<br />
This is the second or third time I cook this food. I bought the meat from TESCO on Saturday. I had an appointment with a customer nearby and after I finished I walked into TESCO. It cost me 35 Zloty (EUR9)
    Polish Family # 04 - dinner table
  • School pupils protesting in front of Greek police HQ in Alexandras avenue. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081215_037.jpg
  • School pupils protesting in front of Greek police HQ in Alexandras avenue. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081215_018.jpg
  • School pupils protesting in front of Greek police HQ in Alexandras avenue. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081215_022.jpg
  • School pupils protesting in front of Greek police HQ in Alexandras avenue. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081215_010.jpg
  • A man talking to a riot policeman in front of the Greek parliament. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081213_024.jpg
  • Riot police pushing back protestors in  Syntagma square, Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_721.jpg
  • A man passing by a smashed shop front on Ermou Street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_438.jpg
  • The greek parliament after a riot during the 2008 Athens riots. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_628.jpg
  • Rioting in front of King George hotel in Syntagma Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_625.jpg
  • Rioting in front of King George hotel in Syntagma Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_600.jpg
  • Rioting in front of King George street in Syntagma Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_573.jpg
  • Riot police chasing protestors in  King George street in Syntagma Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_570.jpg
  • Rioting in front of King George hotel in Syntagma Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_587.jpg
  • The smashed window of a Bershka shop on Ermou Street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_323.jpg
  • A burned Christmas tree in front of the Greek parliament in Syntagma Square. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_375.jpg
  • The smashed window of Goody’s fast food restaurant in Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_265.jpg
  • A smashed shop front of a looted shoes shop in Kolokotraoni street, Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_257.jpg
  • The reflection of Hotel Grande Bretagne on a broken window pane of a bank on Panapistimiou street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_151.jpg
  • A smashed window of a fur shop on Sina Street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_143.jpg
  • Bits of broken marble and bitter orange that have been previously thrown to the riot police lying in front of the presidetinal ceremonial guard in front of the Greek parliament. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_536.jpg
  • A burned out building on Ermou Street.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_453.jpg
  • Riot police pushing protestors away from the Greek parliament in Syntagma square, Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_473.jpg
  • The shattered windows of Eurobank in Syntagma square.<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_379.jpg
  • Teenagers confronting riot police in front of the Greek parliament. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_289.jpg
  • The reflection of a typical 1960’s Athenian building on a bank’s broken front glass in Alexandras avenue, Athens. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_176.jpg
  • A smashed window of a shop on Ermou Street. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081207_027.jpg
  • A burned out car dealership n Alexandras avenue, Athens<br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_079.jpg
  • A broken shop in Alexandras avenue, Athens. The graffiti writes: “Burn the parliament” <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_151.jpg
  • George street near the Athens Polytechnic the day after the big riot of the 7 of December 2008. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_021.jpg
  • A street in Exharhia neighbourhood near the Athens Polytechnic the day after the big riot of the 7 of December 2008. <br />
<br />
Following the murder of a 15 year old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a policeman on 6 December 2008 widespread riots, protests and unrest followed lasting for several weeks and spreading beyond the capital and even overseas<br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081208_017.jpg
  • A burned, overturned Jeep in Sina street Athens. <br />
<br />
The killing of the 15 year old boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman resulted in widespread riots that altered the city landscape. <br />
<br />
When I walked in the streets of my town the day after the riots I instantly forgot the image I had about Athens, that of a bustling, peaceful, energetic metropolis and in my mind came the old photographs from WWII, the civil war and the students uprising against the dictatorship. <br />
<br />
Thus I decided not to turn my digital camera straight to the destroyed buildings but to photograph through an old camera that worked as a filter, a barrier between me and the city.
    081209_120.jpg
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