Balkans, 2015
Impressioni di un viaggio attraverso la Serbia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Montenegro e Croazia.
Volevo catturare lo spirito di questi posti, e usarlo per capire meglio il passato (ero piccola quando c’è stata la guerra nei Balcani, e mi è sempre rimasta impressa).
Snapshots from a trip across Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia.
I wanted to capture the moods of the places, and use it to understand better the past (I was a child when the Balkan wars happened, and they kind of stayed stuck in my head).
Impressioni di un viaggio attraverso la Serbia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Montenegro e Croazia.
Volevo catturare lo spirito di questi posti, e usarlo per capire meglio il passato (ero piccola quando c’è stata la guerra nei Balcani, e mi è sempre rimasta impressa).
!["Who looses the war pays the price most"<br><br>Day 1, Belgrade, Serbia](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1-1.jpg)
!["My name is Skadarlija...or Skadarska street, however you like it. I am no boulevard...or avenue...or highway. I am common steep curved alley in the middle of Belgrade. And that would be everything meaningful to be told about me if it wouldn't be for my bohemian history, my crumbling roofs, my shaking chairs..."<br><br>Day 1, Belgrade, Serbia](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2.jpg)
!["What hurts me more is not the bad interference of the West in our conflict, but the way we harmed ourselves. Our brothers, our people. This really hurts me a lot."<br><br>Day 2, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/3-1.jpg)
!["Where are you going?"<br>"To the old city. I know I just came back from there, but I want to walk there again. Those cozy small Turkish streets, the atmosphere... I have to go again"<br>"You want to feel it"<br>"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean"<br>"That's what happens with Sarajevo. You have to feel it. In your heart, in your soul"<br><br>Day 2, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4-1.jpg)
![This is a land of green hills and tops of minarets showing up everywhere.<br>From the highest one, that's what the muezzin sees when he calls to prayer: the city of Mostar, battle space in the past but in a very great shape now.<br><br>Day 3, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5-1.jpg)
!["The cats presence in Kotor is absolutely overwhelming. They don't just inhabit the tiny town: they define it."<br><br>Day 4, Kotor, Montenegro](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/6-1.jpg)
!["Inside these stark mountains, proud and valiant warriors fought for centuries against the invaders. That's how the national identity of these people has been moulded"<br><br>Day 4, Kotor, Montenegro](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/7-1.jpg)
!["For the first time in my life, I felt I was in the Middle Age"<br><br>Day 5, Dubrovnik, Croatia](https://www.lauramalvaso.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8-1.jpg)