Daimon Xanthopoulos
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detroit, stories from a city in free fall
usa : 2009
Detroit, has been in decline now for thirty years now. Its population has been halved and the people left behind are mostly poo...

surviving the age of five
sierra leone : 2009
A newborn in Sierra Leone has the lowest chance in the world of surviving the age of five. Sierra Leone has the highest child m...

singel mother struggeling in detroit
usa : 2009
One Woman's Struggle in Recession hit Motown  "It's not them," says Brenda, peering anxiously at the street through the Ve...

hospice, between light and shadows.
the netherlands : 2008
Hospice a house of light and shadows.This house is specially for people who have less than 3 months to live. Here they start th...

turkey as the bridge between west and east
turkey : 2008
Turkey wants to join the EU. When we look at Turkey we usually see Istanbul or the west cost that stands for the modern turk. T...

last Dutch anchovy fisherman
the netherlands : 2007
Met kletterend geluid vult het dek zich met spartelende visjes. Emmers vol ansjovis kiepert / schept de 75-jarige Cor van Dort ...

chicago city
usa : 2007
Chicago city of the wind positioned on lake Michigan. Daily scenes and reflective moments of every day life on the streets of C...

inside Darfur
Sudan : 2007
Inside the Darfur region of Sudan The photographic story is about the life inside the Darfur region. African farmers on their ...

hidden community
greece : 2006
Inside the Rodopi mountains, between the borders of Bulgaria and Greece lives a small isolated muslim minority. They are Greek ...

for ever young
the netherlands : 2006
After working more then 60 years in the metal industry’s railroad department, their love for trains had become unstoppabl...

change of commands
afghanistan : 2006
August the 1ste is the official transition of command from US forces to European coalition troops. Building a new and steady Af...

water floods
surinam : 2006
Along the rivers of Surinam the population is overwhelmed by the extreme water floods. Locals believe it's the work of an ang.....

jazz in the bimhuis
the netherlands : 2006
The old and famous Jazz house BIMHUIS got a brand new building in 2005. Modern architecture with jazz lovers together make a ...

kashmirs next struggle
pakistan : 2005
The October 8 earthquake killed more than 73,000 people, most of them in the Pakistani side of the disputed Himalayan region of...

struggle in the north
uganda : 2005
Since the late 1980s Uganda has rebounded from the abyss of civil war and economic catastrophe to become relatively peaceful,...

bombings on sharm el sheikh
egypt : 2005
A war zone with broken glass and burned cars at the old market once the most crowded squares of the ancient city Sharm el Sheik...

tsunami aceh
indonesia : 2005
The 9.0 earthquake that caused the tsunami occured off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Consequently, in an ...

life after 40 years communism
albania : 2004
After 40 years of communism, Albanians stand up to take their future in their own hands. For year’s mafia ruled Albania...

hidden children
madagascar : 2004
Children with piles of bricks on their heads. A blind boy, begging on the street. This is a side of Madagascar that tourists do...

masonic temple
liberia : 2003
Cecilia Williams escaped together with her children Fofa County, Liberia. Her husband was captured by the rebels movement LUR...

colonel black diamond
liberia : 2003
Her parents were hacked to death as she watched helplessly, and then the 15 - year - old girl was gang-raped. No wonder Black D...

dutch waiting-room
the netherlands : 2002
The once tolerant Dutch have reviewed their asylum system and made it harder. Asylum seekers wait for years in these camps to...

salalah
liberia : 2003
After government forces started fighting the LURD rebels thousands of people fled their houses seeking safety. Running for day&...

daily life in new york
usa : 2005
Pictures of everyday life in the big apple. In the parks, streets and subway. Snapshot images that captures small moments of e...

after 27 years of war
angola : 2001
Angola awakes after 27 years of civil war. With the war ended a few days earlier Angolans await a new struggle. The food crisis...