This is before the war. (http://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=298&city_ID=70)
This is the calm before the storm. The war was started because the Muslims were trying to ‘ethnically cleanse’ Bosnia and Herzegovina of Christians. As of 1991, 527,049 lived in Sarajevo. (http://sarajevskaprinceza.blogger.ba/arhiva/?start=31)
Once the war started the police were busy keeping people safe and could not enforce the laws, like the ones prohibiting graffiti. (http://www.special-ops.org/siege-in-modern-warfare-sarajevo-bosnia-and-herzegovina-1992-1995/)
A block of apartments burned down after a bombing attack. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8538027/Ratko-Mladic-the-Srebrenica-massacre-the-siege-of-Sarajevo-and-the-Bosnian-war.html?image=1)
A man ducks for cover as a cyclist races across a bridge in Dobrinja, a southwestern suburb of Sarajevo. On the right, sand bags have been set up to block the view of snipers who regularly shoot at people crossing the bridge. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8538027/Ratko-Mladic-the-Srebrenica-massacre-the-siege-of-Sarajevo-and-the-Bosnian-war.html?image=2)
Downtown Sarajevo around Christmas time (http://www.toddbensman.com/Bensman/Essay__My_War_in_Bosnia.html)
Refugees from all parts of Bosnia scavenge for food in the Sarajevo dump, after the Bosnian government declared a boycott of food aid to Sarajevo until aid reached eastern Bosnia. (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=sarajevo+1993+february&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAUQjhw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpicturegalleries%2Fworldnews%2F8538027%2FRatko-Mladic-the-Srebrenica-massacre-the-siege-of-Sarajevo-and-the-Bosnian-war.html%3Fimage%3D3&ei=y2vKVOKWDpOlyATL84C4DQ&psig=AFQjCNGR9JlkzMDiS9WqP1c_9wfBcPzF8w&ust=1422638409295081)
Trying to keep going on as normal, the Miss Sarajevo pageant was still held. (http://whatwouldjackdo.net/2013/06/miss-sarajevo-pageant-1993.html)
A broken down tram in Sarajevo. (http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/78167/reuters-skenderija-nekad-i-sad)
A grandmother saying goodbye to her family as she flees Sarajevo. (https://miepvonsydow.wordpress.com/2014/03/13/n-old-woman-tearfully-bids-farewell-to-a-relative-as-she-escapes-the-besieged-city-sarajevo-bosnia-ca-1993/)
A man trying to clean the stretchers used after a school shooting that killed 9 children. (https://genocideinbosnia.wordpress.com/tag/sarajevo/)
Again, things got worse so the police did not have time to enforcing the laws prohibiting graffiti as shown above, many people see this graffiti as truth because at this point Sarajevo could be seen as hell on earth. (http://www.newcombat.net/PopTTTvrtkoKonrad.html)
Harris Karalic, a Bosnian Muslim, bidding goodbye to his 14-year-old, Denis. (http://www.timesofisrael.com/survival-in-sarajevo-focuses-a-lens-on-wartime-friendship/)
Denis Karalic, a Muslim leaving Sarajevo for Israel at the age of 14. Last that was heard of Denis is that he was going to college for architecture in Israel, this was in 1995. (http://esefarad.com/?p=20656)
A man, hurt by shelling, hobbling along with crutches at the UN base. (http://www.instesw.ebox.lublin.pl/ed/1/altermatt.html.en)
Two apartment blocks, damaged because of shelling.(http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/war-damaged-high-rise-apartment-blocks-in-sarajevo-the-area-news-photo/200504820-001?Language=en-GB)
People running down ‘Sniper Alley’ trying to find safety. (http://www.worldmag.com/2014/06/holiday_inn_on_sarajevo_s_sniper_alley)
Snajper is Polish for sniper, a warning for ongoers is seen here. (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/22/vulliamy-war-dead-bosnia-review)
Sarajevo residents running down ‘Sniper Alley’ trying to evade the snipers.
A man scavenging through the rubble, looking for anything salvageable. (http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/05/31/welcome-to-sarajevo-again/)
Near the end of the war, things quieted down but were still not peaceful. (http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/meast/syria-sarajevo-and-srebrenica/)
