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Petrut Calinescu, Gheorghe Parnicul (65) sits in his improvised watchman's hut, where he stays from spring to summer, Bechet, Oltenia, Romania 2022. The melon plantation belongs to his children.

u/myrmekochoria — 14 hours ago
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Behind the scenes from Independence Day, 1990s. "On location in the “ruins” of Los Angeles. Production greatly expanded the scope of their interstellar war by redressing and utilizing the disaster-prone city’s scars from the 1994 Northridge earthquake and various demolition sites."

u/myrmekochoria — 1 day ago

Petrut Calinescu, 12-year-old Vanea rests in the prow of a fishing boat, Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania 2007. He left school to work for a fisherman in the village of Sfistofca. The inhabitants of the Danube Delta live an isolated existance and make a living mainly by fishing and farming.

u/myrmekochoria — 1 day ago

Catalina Martin-Chico, Yorladis is pregnant for the sixth time, after five other pregnancies were terminated during her FARC years, 2018. She says she managed to hide the fifth pregnancy from her commander until the sixth month by wearing loose clothes.

u/myrmekochoria — 1 day ago

Lorena Ros, A juju ritual is performed on Betty, 2002. A white powder is used to mark the woman out for the god Okun to take her soul. He will keep her soul until she has earned enough to pay her debt to her trafficker. Failure to pay the debt, which can amount to US$ 50000, is a death sentence.

u/myrmekochoria — 3 days ago

Simon Townsley Madeline Vasquez, 19, from a nearby village ruined by plastic waste, stands in the riverbed of the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala 2025.

u/myrmekochoria — 3 days ago

Zohreh Saberi, Raheleh (13), born blind, stands behind a window in the morning, Iran 2015. She enjoys the warmth of sunlight on her face.

u/myrmekochoria — 3 days ago