1996 Photo Contest, General News, 2nd prize
Photographer

Anthony Suau

Time

01 January, 1995

An old man defiantly strolls down a main road in Grozny, risking death by sniper fire, as Russian troops and Chechen separatists continue to battle over the city.

Early in 1995, persistent Russian bombing and artillery fire reduced the capital of the Chechen Republic to a ruined theatre of war in a matter of weeks.

About the photographer

Anthony Suau

Suau started his career at the Chicago Sun Times in 1976 and later joined the Denver Post. In 1985, he moved to New York City to work for Black Star agency. He was a contract pho...

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