A stark reminder of the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops twenty years ago.
These chilling photographs were taken by Bosnian photographer Tarik Samarah, who spent nearly a decade documenting the killings at the hands of Bosnian Serb forces.
His work now forms an important reminder of the atrocities, attracting thousands of visitors to this Sarajevo gallery which opened three years ago.
“After having spent the 1992-95 war in besieged Sarajevo, I went to eastern Bosnia. Although I witnessed the killing of civilians on a daily basis in Sarajevo, nothing could have prepared me for the sights that awaited me in the forests of eastern Bosnia,” said Samarah.
Samarah says he felt compelled to capture what he saw to help ensure it would not be forgotten.
“While I walked beside the human body parts that animals had dragged all over the forest I realised I could not be just an observer because anyone who sees such a crime must be an informed and respo
