woensdag, augustus 13, 2008
Now the village is deserted and Klimchuk is dead
Guardian-correspondent Matthew Collin herdenkt de omgekomen fotograaf Alexander Klimchuk in het artikel Fear and loathing in Tblisi:
No one really knows how many have died in this conflict so far. But many people have lost friends. I want to take this opportunity to remember Alexander Klimchuk, colleague and occasional beer-drinking companion, a 27-year-old Georgian photojournalist who was shot dead in unclear circumstances while photographing the fighting in South Ossetia a few days ago.
Last autumn, Klimchuk and I worked together in South Ossetia, covering a government-sponsored Boney M concert in a remote, impoverished village. It was a surreal day, and we spent most of the time laughing and joking as the disco veterans belted out hits like "Daddy Cool" in the middle of what was then a "frozen" conflict zone.
That seems a long time ago, and now the village is deserted and Klimchuk is dead – another victim of the latest brutal conflict in a country most people couldn't find on a map.
No one really knows how many have died in this conflict so far. But many people have lost friends. I want to take this opportunity to remember Alexander Klimchuk, colleague and occasional beer-drinking companion, a 27-year-old Georgian photojournalist who was shot dead in unclear circumstances while photographing the fighting in South Ossetia a few days ago.
Last autumn, Klimchuk and I worked together in South Ossetia, covering a government-sponsored Boney M concert in a remote, impoverished village. It was a surreal day, and we spent most of the time laughing and joking as the disco veterans belted out hits like "Daddy Cool" in the middle of what was then a "frozen" conflict zone.
That seems a long time ago, and now the village is deserted and Klimchuk is dead – another victim of the latest brutal conflict in a country most people couldn't find on a map.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 22:56
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