1994 Photo Contest, General News, 2nd prize
Photographer

James Nachtwey

Magnum Photos for Time

01 May, 1993

Relatives mourn their loved one, killed in the civil war. The park in the village of Donji Rahic, near Brcko, was converted into a cemetery. Bosnian soldiers were laid to rest in the same field where, before the war, they had played football. In 1992, irregular Serb forces had captured and 'ethnically cleansed' the town of Brcko in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the border with Croatia. During the spring of 1993, they pushed south to widen their land link to Serbia, fighting Bosnian youths who defended the Bosnian hamlets they found in their way. The sustained hostilities turned the sons of farmers and shopkeepers into veteran fighters.

About the photographer

James Nachtwey

Photographs of the Vietnam War and the American Civil Rights movement inspired him to become a photographer. While teaching himself photography, he worked as truck driver and as ...

This image is collected in