Born in New Zealand in 1969, Wade arrived in the former Yugoslavia in April 1992 to try his hand at photojournalism, discovering his passion not only ...

The famous traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in the 17th century that: the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff ...

Citizens and soldiers of Mostar cross the Old Bridge, shortly after the city's Bosnian Muslim and Croat forces pushed the Bosnian Serb forces and Yugo ...

A resident of Mostar looks down at the Neretva river passing below the Old Bridge. Wooden planks erected above to protect pedestrians from sniper fire ...

Mostar's sixteenth century Old Bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the Ottoman (Turkish) architect Mimar Hayruddin. It ...

Bosniak soldiers (L) and Spanish United Nations Forces (R) watch over east Mostar's residences while they queue for water delivered daily by a tanker ...

The Boulevard; the frontline between Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat forces runs down the west bank parallel to the Neretva river. During the 9 month ...

The tomb of Osman Đikić, a writer of the arts, 1879-1912, split in half by Bosnian Croat shelling. ...

A view of the pontoon bridge that replaced Tito’s Bridge, the bridge was destroyed by the Serbs in 1992 and later replace by a pontoon bridge, which ...

The enclave’s residents collect water from a tanker truck. Water collected from a few points in the enclave was delivered to the city on a daily bas ...

East Mostar's residents cart water home through the enclave's embattled streets. ...

One of the main water distribution points at the base of an apartment building in the centre of the enclave offers limited protection from artillery a ...

During the cease-fire a resident brings her washing to the water, rather than the water to her washing. ...

Displaced residents find shelter in the basement of a heavily damaged building. Thousands of Bosnian Muslim women and children were expelled from the ...

A Bosniak soldier, a victim of sniper fire, is carried away after being shot dead while crossing a small footbridge over the Neretva. ...

Stretcher-bearers (possibly prisoners-of-war) carry a Bosniak soldier killed by sniper fire. I was told the victim was a postman before the war. ...

Braving not only the cold, but also sniper and mortar fire, east Mostar residents collect water from a distribution point near the Old Bridge. ...

A young woman prepares coffee on an open fire in the hallway of a war torn residential home in east Mostar. ...

An off duty soldier shaves in the garden of a residential home in east Mostar. ...

A family chops firewood outside their apartment block. With no electricity in the enclave the only way to cook is on wood burning stoves. ...

An east Mostar resident scours the rooftop of a damaged building for firewood. With no electricity in the enclave wood is required for cooking and hea ...

An east Mostar resident scrubs her washing on the bonnet of a shrapnel ridden car outside her apartment block. ...

East Mostar residents smoke cigarettes outside their apartment block. Supplies to the enclave became so scarce that the little things like cigarette l ...

Coffee and cigarettes, the favourite past time of all Bosnians regardless of their ethnicity or situation, became the staple currency in the enclave, ...

Dinner of tinned Sardines at the enclave's radio station; very little aid made it into the enclave during the first few months of the war. A small amo ...

A soldier sits in his living room passing the time with friends at night, with nowhere to go and nothing to do they sit around the one lamp siphoning ...

A soldier washes his hair in the garden of a residential home in east Mostar. ...

East Mostar residents collect food prepared from a civil soup kitchen. Without electricity many residents are unable to cook for themselves, especiall ...

A mother and daughter prepare food in their family kitchen, the window is boarded up to protect them from a snipers view, but offers little protection ...

An elderly women looks out of her apartment window after the cease-fire, She and her husband refused to leave their apartment although they were just ...

In a basement classroom, students attend class illuminated by an improvised lamp made from a preserving jar and a piece of cloth. ...

After the cease-fire a young boy loiters near the bakery. Even after the cease-fire the main supply of food to the enclave was international aid deliv ...

Young children, with nothing else to do, even during the fighting, would loiter near the Spanish UN in the hope that they may receive some candy or ch ...

Brothers wait in their father’s truck, as their father makes his rounds delivery bread to the civil soup kitchens inside the enclave during the ceas ...

A sign on the street reads “Sniper! Day and Night“. Because the enclave was so narrow and ran parallel with the frontline, much of the enclave was ...

A Spanish UN and a Bosniak soldier prepare to help a sniper victim further up the street. ...

Neighbours comfort the sister of a sniper victim shot in the head, local residents were unable to reach the woman safely due to continued fire by the ...

Spanish UN soldiers plan the rescue of a young Bosnian woman shot in the head by a sniper and another young Bosnian woman who had attempted her rescue ...

The two victims, one shot in the head, the other a young Bosniak woman working for UNICEF and wearing a bullet proof vest was shot in the back during ...

Under the cover of smoke grenades the young UNICEF woman jumps to safety as the Spanish UN soldiers run to rescue the sniper victim. ...

The sniper victim is placed onto a stretcher before being loaded into a nearby UN armoured transporter and taken to the enclave’s hospital where she ...

The young Bosniak UNICEF woman, shocked from her ordeal but happy to be alive, takes a few minutes with her rescuers to calm her nerves. A bullet hole ...

Destroyed on November 9th, 1993 by a targeted Bosnian Croat tank bombardment the Old Bridge fell into the Neretva river. ...

Torn apart by the shelling, the street leading to the main vehicle bridge spanning the Neretva river in the centre of Mostar. ...

One block from the frontline, debris and destroyed cars litter the streets below pot-marked apartment buildings. It is estimated that more than 100,00 ...

A Spanish UN armoured vehicle monitors the frontline on the Boulevard during the cease-fire that was signed on the 23rdof February1994. ...

Heavily damaged, the main intersection on the Boulevard, torn apart from 9 months of constant shelling. ...

A Bosniak boy walks through the rubble on the east bank of the Old Bridge shortly after it was destroyed. ...

A young Bosniak woman surveys the rubble of the old Turkish quarter on the east bank of the Old Bridge shortly after it was destroyed. ...

A Bosniak boy stands on a pile of rubble on the east bank entrance of the Old Bridge. ...

A totally destroyed apartment building on the east side of the former frontline that runs the length of the Boulevard. ...

A view out the windows from inside the badly damaged Mostar Bathhouse, which opened in 1914. ...

A collapsed section of the department store “Razvitak” ...

A young Bosniak girl bicycles past piles of rubble during the cease-fire. ...

Shortly after the cease-fire, a woman takes a baby for a walk through the streets still littered with rubble. ...

Residents of the enclave come out of their homes during a lull in the shelling. ...

A Bosniak child hangs around on the empty main street inside the enclave. ...

Families gather at a central cemetery to pay their respects during Bajram. ...

A Bosniak woman visits the grave of a relative killed during the war. ...

Residents of the enclave collect water almost every day from a delivery truck. ...

A water line, residents wait their turn to fill up their containers with water. ...

Young Bosniak girls gather outside a damaged Mosque for Friday prayers. ...

Bosniak women enjoy the sun, a cigarette and each other’s company. Since the cease-fire residents can comfortably socialize outdoors. ...

Former soldiers pass the time playing Backgammon. Now that the cease-fire is in effect, and with little to no employment, there is plenty of time for ...

Safet Begović, a well-known face around the Old Bridge. ...

A Bosniak boy looks through the shattered windows from the stairwell of his apartment building. ...

Bosniak children swing on an old electric cable hanging from a building in east Mostar. ...

A Bosniak man removes some spare parts from a destroyed car in east Mostar. ...

The apocalyptic scene at the east bank entrance of the Old Bridge shortly after it was destroyed. ...