Bosnians - Paul Lowe

The Bosnian capital Sarejevo spent three years under siege during the Bosnian War; photographer and lecturer Paul Lowe was there to cover much of it, and the result is "Bosnians". A collection of black and white photographs focusing on the ordinary people of an encircled city, the result is frightening, harrowing, but ultimately life-affirming. I was lucky enough to pick up my copy in Sarajevo, and had the pleasure of lugging this handsome, hard-bound monograph around the Balkans and Eastern Europe with me. The subject might sound a bit weighty for a casual coffee table book, but Lowe's ... more