Albania
My first book on Albania was in 1990, just after the fall of the Berlin wall, when it was the last bastion of communism, isolated from the rest of the world and hostile to any press or photography. The northern area of the country was closed, and posing as an archaeologist, I was continually followed and questioned while travelling through it. The following year, revolution had changed everything everything changed and the second book is based on my journey through a country in a state of anarchy up to the isolated villages in the northern mountains where little had changed for hundreds of years and where they follow the maxim: “A stranger and god are the same”.
Both books, Albania in Isolation and Albania in Transition are available from Cafe Royal Books https://www.caferoyalbooks.com/
Tirana, rush hour, 1990
Durres war statue, 1990
Hoxha's statue, Skanderbeg Square, Tirana 1990
Shoe cooperative celebrating "Ladies Day" in a Shkodra hotel 1990
Language lab, Tirana middle school, 1990
"Free market" stall. Milot, Albania 1991
Korçë 1990. Suspicion of foreigners was encouraged
Centre of town. Korçë 1990
Enver Hoxha Memorial Museum. Tirana 1991
Milot market, Northern Albania 1991
Community centre, Korçë 1990
Waiting for the Koman Ferry to Bajram Curri, 1991
Co-operative farm on the plains of Kakariki 1991
The wedding party of Liliana and Albert Palushi, Shkodra 1991
Albanian haystacks, Valbone 1991
Ruin of an industrial plant on the road from Shkodra 1991
The road from Milot market 1991
Funeral in Kalimash, High Albania 1991
Funeral in Kalimash, High Albania 1991
Wedding in the village of Boga 1991
Home for the handicapped in outskirts of Shkodra 1991
Looking out to sea. Durres 1990