buffer zone (photographed in Cyprus in 2012)

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Photographs taken along the buffer zone that splits cyprus in 2. Taken in 2012. Particular thanks to the ministry of culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the United Nations.
2 things stayed in my mind: how time stopped and many areas were unchanged since 1974. And how, despite the difficult situation, Cypriots have retained a great sense of humor: in Nicosia next to the “green line” there is a kebab shop called “The Berlin Wall” (it’s garden ends in the fortified wall of the division) and also, near a checkpoint, there is an underwear shop called “No Border Underwear”

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