Alexandra Corcode

A woman stands beside her daughter who is undertaking dialysis in Aleppo University Hospital. Aleppo, Syira.

Abu Ahmad, moved to the Idlib countryside, after which he eventually became one of Aleppo’s first White Helmets volunteers in 2013. “I saw the bombing and people needing help, so I thought this is the least I can do,” he says. He moved back to the outskirts of Idlib after Aleppo was taken by the regime and lived in exile until December 2024, just after the opposition took control of the city. Aleppo, Syria.

The streets of Job al-Jandaley neighborhood, Homs, Syria.

Two relatives of Susana's are gathered at her coffin.

A portrait of Larisa in her parents' room. With her parents away and the room empty, Larisa uses the bed to store seedlings for her garden. Vătava, Mureș, Romania

A girl plays in an empty swimming pool. In the village of Vătava Everyone has relatives or parents working abroad, and this story is a representation of the large-scale phenomenon that is happening in the country. Vatava, Mureș, Romania.

Grandmother, Uca, gazes through the window of her house at Elias, Monica's son. There homes are nestled very close. Monica gave birth to her son at the age of 19. Curiously, her mother gave birth to her also at the very young age of 15. Neither mother nor daughter were married when they became pregnant. Vătava, Mureș, Romania.

The yard of Susana and Victor's house. They keep a few chickens for meat and dogs and a dog to protect the house from thieves. The house does not have running water and the toilet is located in their garden. During the winter, they use a stove with wood to heat the room they are living in, which is used for cooking food too.

Susana is burning waste and preparing the yard for her husband’s burial. Victor died on the 8th of October 2019 suffering from liver cirrhosis caused by nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, three months after Susana’s sexual assault. In Romania, the dead family member is kept in the guest room of the house for three days, but Susana wanted to bury Victor on the sixth day after his death because Wednesdays and Fridays are fasting days in the orthodox religion and she wanted to serve food with meat for the guests.