KOSOVO AFTERMATH (Kosovo, 2006-2007)
Since the Yugoslavian civil war, the situation between ethnic Albanians and the Serbian minority in Kosovo has been tense. There are still countless traces of the outbursts of violence there, from deserted Serbian villages shattered by gunfire to the mass graves of executed Albanian Muslims. Kosovo declared its independence in February, 2008; Serbia still regards the region as one of its provinces. An international military presence keeps the two groups apart. Andrew Testa photographed contemporary Kosovo, the status of which is still unclear. He saw how public swimming pools are accessible only to a particular ethnic group, and how in the streets the photographs displayed there of the 2500 Kosovars who are still missing are bleaching from the weather.
