Photograph of Stanley by Mazen Saggar, Perpignan, France, 2013

Since the death of her child, Zelina often stares at something far away, elusive. She says she is already dead herself, if only time would hurry up. Grozny, April 2001.

Ismail Khodor al-Yosef is 75 and has a heart that has been worn out by a heart attack, bones that sculpt his skin like a bas-relief, he is lying down on the ground and is waiting to die. Jabal al-Zawiya, Syria 2013

Road To Aleppo. Destroyed tank , and bombed Mosque from a car window.

A man in a suit wades through the shallow shores of the Caspian Sea in the region of Gilan, Iran, 1994. The luxuries of today’s Caspian Coast make the pre-Islamic Revolution (1979) excesses seem modest in comparison. In some gated communities, second homes go for at least a million dollars, and most restaurants and shops along the way hawk souvenirs at prices not far below those at beach resorts in the United States.

Self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic Region. Ukraine, May 16, 2014

The Banya in Colony 33, Mariinsk, Russia. Outside temperatures are -35 degrees celsius, causing a constant stream inside where it is rather warm. March, 2001.

Sinjadarrah Commander Khudamuddin and his fighters sharing a meal. Afghanistan, Autumn 2001

A painting of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov with its author. Turkmenistan, Turkmenbashi, 1995

A fisherman pondering the lack of fish, due to the pollution of petrol. Bakou, Azerbaijan, 1998

The two-week stand off, in 1993, between Russian President Borris Yeltisn and former Vice President Rutskoi, barricaded in the Parliament building, finally flared into violence. Moscow turned into an open-air shooting range for Rutskoi's rag tag army of communist.