SYRIA

This series was taken in April 2009 and portrays street life in Syria as it was before the Arab Spring of 2011 erupted and the ensuing conflict tore the country apart.

Damascus and Aleppo have witnessed a lot of the fighting and many sites featured in these pictures have since been dramatically affected and badly mutilated.

During that last decade, the impact on the population has been devastating: an estimated half a million people were killed and millions of others were forced to flee their home for safety.