Polaris Images: a selection of images by Filip Horvat

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Friday April 5, 2002, Tuzla, Bosnia

Bosnia ten years after start of war

DNA analyze of the blood from the families of missing persons at the laboratory in Tuzla. The analyzed samples are matched with the DNA taken from the bones found in mass graves in order to identify victims killed during Bosnian civil war.

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Friday April 5, 2002, Sarajevo, Bosnia

Bosnia ten years after start of war

Souvenir shop in Sarajevo selling bullets converted into pencils and vases with handcrafted signs made from large ammunition casings.

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Wednesday November 28, 2001

Mazar-E Sharif, Nov. 28 2001- Northern alliance soldiers among dozens of bodies of foreign fighters fighting on the side of Talibans killed during fighting for fortress 20 west of Mazar-E Sharif. Northern alliance with the help of US and British special operation forces recaptured fortress of Afghan warlord general Dostum taken over by pro-Taliban prisoners. Photo by Filip Horvat/Corbis SABA

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Friday April 5, 2002, Sanski Most, Bosnia

Bosnia ten years after start of war

Bodies of some 350 victims found in the mass grave near Sanski Most, biggest single mass grave found in Bosnia. The remains are on display in the hall of "10th October" factory. Bodies are on display for possible visual identification, although due to the condition of bodies only few were identified during 3 months period.

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Wednesday August 18, 1999, Golcuk, Turkey

Earthquake in Turkey

Golcuk, Aug. 18 99-Thousands of people spending a second night in open space at the central square of Golcuk, following the earthquake in western Turkey. Photo by Filip Horvat/SABA

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Kukes, ALBANIA, Aug 19 2001- Cow walks through streets of Kukes, Albania. Albania is most undeveloped European country. Photo by Filip Horvat/SABA

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Novosele, ALBANIA- Aug 20 2001- Albanian women in the remote Albanian village Novosele work on traditional wheat separation in the fields bordering Albania and Kosovo. Photo by Filip Horvat/SABA

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Shishtavec, ALBANIA Aug 21 2001- Remote Albanian village Shishtavec on the border with Kosovo whith communist signs still written on the building more then 10 years after fall of communism in most undeveloped European country. Photo by Filip Horvat/SABA

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Shishtavec, ALBANIA Aug 21 2001- Open air shop in remote Albanian village Shishtavec on the border with Kosovo where communist signs still written on the building more then 10 years after fall of communism in most undeveloped European country. Photo by Filip Horvat/SABA

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Filip Horvat

Filip Horvat was born in Croatia in 1962. He studied photography at the School for Visual Arts in Zagreb and electrical engineering at the University of Zagreb.

He covered news events and feature stories in Eastern Europe, Balkans and Middle East. Represented by Polaris images he still travels throughout the region in search of interesting pictures. --

Personal web site of Filip Horvat