Update

It seems that nothing is happening around the Rusevine project but thats an illusion.
I'm busy with preparing the new pictures and to add them to the database.
There's also a really big step planned to translate the website to Croatian so it's
understandable for everyone who doesn't read or speak English.

If there's any news I'll immediatly post it!

Images from the Exhibition at the Amsterdam Centre for Photography

The exhibition in the Amsterdam Centre for Photography ended on the 3rd of april. These pictures document the presentation. With several elements from the Rusevine archive the presentation showed the way I work and formed a complete summary what the project is about. This by combining a selection of large photographs, the Rusevine website, the Rusevine Blog (printed on paper), a portrait of a couple I met during a trip and cards and photo's which I use when I'm working and writing down information during photographing.

Donji Kukuruzari towards Hrvatska Kostajnica

Petrinja towards Donji Kukuruzari

We drove towards Sisak and from there we went to Petrinja and took the road towards Donji Kukuruzari. The landscape is beautiful; lots of small hills and valleys. Some of the villages are completly renewed and the houses look very nice. Especially the tradional wooden houses which somewhat look like Swiss challets but quite a bit smaller and narrow without the typical large balcony.
In a couple of villages the situation remains that there are quite a lot of ruins and a couple of renewed houses. I spoke to some guys who were chopping wood for their fireplace. One of them told me that an old neighbour past away after just rebuilding his house. He didn't have any relatives so it's really hard to say what will happen to the house. He guessed it will probably become a ruin again after a while. His own house is still in the making. Without money they are all trying to make the best out of it.

New pictures from Zagreb towards Sunja and Hrvatska Kostajnica

Today was a rainy day. I travelled from Zagreb and worked from Sisak towards Sunja and Hrvatske Kostajnice and photographed the many ruins which are still standing.

Second day Jasenovac

Yesterday I went back to Jasenovac to complete the picture series. There were a few people around the village and a couple of kids playing.