I am in Cyprus to photograph people and places of the Buffer Zone.
The buffer zone is a de-facto border that keeps a buffer between 2 sides…for one side is not recognised as state by the international community.
The situation is complex and I am not an historian/politician so if anyone wants more info on the Cyprus divide, i strongly recomend the book written by Yiannis Papadakis “Echoes from the Dead Zone: Across the Cyprus Divide”

I arrived yesterday evening to Larnaca and today I had decided to be a tourist…instead I ended up walking for nearly 10 km toward…I don’t know where. I just walked randomly.
Tomorrow I will be heading to Nicosia where I will meet on tuesday with Capt. Michal Harnadek of the UNFICYP to visit the abandoned airport in the buffer zone.

On the place i was sat next to a couple of Turkish Cypriots living in London, they told me things that reflected Papadakis’ book, as in most people don’t hate “the other side” and feel bigger political powers are keeping the island divided.

here some books/publications i am using for my research:

Benedict Anderson (1983) “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism” London:Verso

Yiannis Papadakis (2005) “Echoes from the Dead Zone: Across the Cyprus Divide”  New York: I.B.Tauris  
This is an amazing book that should be compulsory to read for both sides of the Cyprus divide! Really illuminating. I am hoping to speak to Mr Papadakis in Nicosia as part of my research.

Etienne Balibarr “We, the People of Europe? : Reflection on Transnational Citizenship”