Navigating the Photo Essay

This photo essay, with narrative by the photographer, attempts to provide choices of information and experiences similar to those encountered by journalists during the last weeks of the siege of Sarajevo. The reader can go to photographs of the suburbs -- Vogosca, Ilidza, Ilijas, Grbavica -- to see the sometimes violent exodus of the Serbs, then visit Sarajevo's center as the city began, for the first time in four years, to shift back to an awkward normality, freed from sniping and shelling.

The essay is structured as a linear narrative with elaboration or "mini-tours" available at several points. One way to navigate the site, providing a complete tour including deeper levels, is by clicking on any picture. Other choices are available by using the following links in the toolbar. (If a link is muted gray, it is not active on that page.)

NEXT -- takes you to the next screen; within the main narrative, this skips deeper levels.

PREVIOUS -- takes you to the previous screen in the narrative or in a deeper level.

MORE -- takes you deeper into the story behind a specific screen.

TO MAIN -- takes you back to the main narrative from a deeper level.

TO SARAJEVO -- takes you from the suburbs to a "mini-tour" of Sarajevo.

TO SUBURBS -- takes you from Sarajevo back to the events in the suburbs.

INDEX -- takes you to a complete guide to the site.

GRID -- takes you to a grid, like a contact sheet, for an overview of the photo essay.

FORUMS -- takes you to on-line discussions of Bosnia issues.

CONTEXT -- takes you to a collection of background material on Bosnia.

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