Stories

“Nothing will make me part with this photo, only death.”

“I sold everything one by one. This camera was supposed to be the last thing to go but I couldn’t bring myself to sell it.”

“This t-shirt kept me safer. When I pick it up today,  I remember the difficulties I faced, and tears fall from my eyes.”

“These birds remind me of everything I held dear in my life.”

“I keep the ticket in order not to forget anything, in order to remember what we went through and cherish everything we have now.”

“The crib is 23+ years old now. My two elder daughters grew up in it. My best memories are related with this crib.”

“I see my son in this object. It represents his memory. Every day feels like the day I lost him.”

“The first thing I took was the landap that my grandparents gave me. I must protect it because it represents the Maranao tribe.”

“The more I get to know people, the more I like dogs,” says Valerii, paraphrasing American satirist Mark Twain as he sits with his family and his dogs at a rickety table of a farm near the village of Novyi Donbas in Eastern Ukraine.

“I think for some time the cow was associated with stability, harmony and self-reliance we had before displacement.”

"Finding his trophy really brought back some memories of my son and I. He worked really hard for that trophy. He was always training. He always made me proud."

"For me, what helped me the most during this time in my life was spirituality, having God close to me.”