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Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Young girls dress themselves appropriately for prayer upon entering the Shi'a Icherishahar Djuma Masjid or Innercity Mosque for Friday prayers in the old city on July 2, 2010. Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc01.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The Caspian beach in Sixov in Bibi Heybat section on July 4, 2010. With offshore oil installations and an abundance of trash, the Sixov beach is only frequented by the rural and downtrodden from the Azerbaijani regions beyond Baku who cannot afford the private beaches where the elite go to isolate themselves. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The Caspian beach in Sixov in Bibi Heybat section on July 4, 2010. With offshore oil installations and an abundance of trash, the Sixov beach is only frequented by the rural and downtrodden from the Azerbaijani regions beyond Baku who cannot afford the private beaches where the elite go to isolate themselves. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc04.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The Balaxani oil fields, one of the earliest oil discoveries in Azerbaijan and the most polluted area on the Absheron peninsula on the outskirts of Baku, with the high rise developments of Baku's booming city center in the distance on July 5, 2010. Several thousand families, many refugees and internally displaced, live in Balaxani. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The Balaxani oil fields, one of the earliest oil discoveries in Azerbaijan and the most polluted area on the Absheron peninsula on the outskirts of Baku, with the high rise developments of Baku's booming city center in the distance on July 5, 2010. Several thousand families, many refugees and internally displaced, live in Balaxani. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc42.jpg BILGEH, AZERBAIJAN. The Bilgeh Estates villas outside Baku, Azerbaijan on the Absheron Peninsula house some of Azerbaijan's few well manicured lawns as seen from the air on July 15, 2010. Azerbaijan's tremendous wealth gap has placed the elite in a stratosphere above the rest of society and left the rest of the country behind in often near feudal conditions; prices at Bilgeh Estates begin at $2,400 for one week during the off season and soar to $5,400 a week in the peak summer months. BILGEH, AZERBAIJAN. The Bilgeh Estates villas outside Baku, Azerbaijan on the Absheron Peninsula house some of Azerbaijan's few well manicured lawns as seen from the air on July 15, 2010. Azerbaijan's tremendous wealth gap has placed the elite in a stratosphere above the rest of society and left the rest of the country behind in often near feudal conditions; prices at Bilgeh Estates begin at $2,400 for one week during the off season and soar to $5,400 a week in the peak summer months. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/az01.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A saleswoman adjusts the window display at Bulgari on Neftiler Prospekt, or Oil Worker's Boulevard on July 2, 2010. Luxury shopping in downtown Baku is one symptom of the city within the city or the country within the country where the elite, estimated at 50,000, control much of the country's income and profit from oil revenues, leaving a wide gap in the absence of a middle class between them and the rest of the country. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A saleswoman adjusts the window display at Bulgari on Neftiler Prospekt, or Oil Worker's Boulevard on July 2, 2010. Luxury shopping in downtown Baku is one symptom of the city within the city or the country within the country where the elite, estimated at 50,000, control much of the country's income and profit from oil revenues, leaving a wide gap in the absence of a middle class between them and the rest of the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/az24.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The outdoor patio lounge of the Chinar restaurant, a favorite restaurant among the local and expat elite and of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, on July 18, 2010. Chinar is owned by a relative of Aliyev. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. The outdoor patio lounge of the Chinar restaurant, a favorite restaurant among the local and expat elite and of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, on July 18, 2010. Chinar is owned by a relative of Aliyev. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rivkin_02.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. After two years of construction, a barge hauls the West Chirag offshore oil platform, operated by BP, out into the Caspian Sea in the Bibi Heybat district on September 12, 2013. The platform will be operational by December 2013 and will see its first returns of crude oil in the spring of 2014. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. After two years of construction, a barge hauls the West Chirag offshore oil platform, operated by BP, out into the Caspian Sea in the Bibi Heybat district on September 12, 2013. The platform will be operational by December 2013 and will see its first returns of crude oil in the spring of 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc05.jpg NAFTALAN, AZERBAIJAN. Quliyev Jeyyub from Tartar, Karabakh in the disputed once Azerbaijani territory now occupied by Armenia, sits in an oil bath at the Sehirli Naftalan Health Center and Hotel on July 19, 2010. Naftalan is famous for its oil bath treatments across the former Soviet Union and several such treatment centers exist in the town; patients are only allowed to bath for 10 minutes before having oil scraped from their bodies by a nurse attendant and showering. NAFTALAN, AZERBAIJAN. Quliyev Jeyyub from Tartar, Karabakh in the disputed once Azerbaijani territory now occupied by Armenia, sits in an oil bath at the Sehirli Naftalan Health Center and Hotel on July 19, 2010. Naftalan is famous for its oil bath treatments across the former Soviet Union and several such treatment centers exist in the town; patients are only allowed to bath for 10 minutes before having oil scraped from their bodies by a nurse attendant and showering. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc43.jpg ZAYAM, AZERBAIJAN. Women during the crying ceremony during the seven day ceremony, part of Azerbaijan's elaborate funeral rituals that include gender segregated commemorations of the deceased three days, seven days and 40 days after their death in Zayam, Shamkir Region, Azerbaijan, approximately four kilometers from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, on January 3, 2012. Compensation funds for land traversed by the BTC pipeline paid to the family of the deceased as a result of disruption stemming from the period of the pipeline's construction totaled under $1,000 and went to keeping the deceased healthy and caring for her daughter who suffers from tuberculosis. ZAYAM, AZERBAIJAN. Women during the crying ceremony during the seven day ceremony, part of Azerbaijan's elaborate funeral rituals that include gender segregated commemorations of the deceased three days, seven days and 40 days after their death in Zayam, Shamkir Region, Azerbaijan, approximately four kilometers from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, on January 3, 2012. Compensation funds for land traversed by the BTC pipeline paid to the family of the deceased as a result of disruption stemming from the period of the pipeline's construction totaled under $1,000 and went to keeping the deceased healthy and caring for her daughter who suffers from tuberculosis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc44.jpg ZAYAM, AZERBAIJAN. A man takes a lamb carcass from the trunk of a car for butchering before cooking for women mourners during the seven day ceremony, part of Azerbaijan's elaborate funeral rituals that include gender segregated commemorations of the deceased three days, seven days and 40 days after their death in Zayam, Shamkir Region, Azerbaijan, approximately four kilometers from the BTC pipeline, on January 3, 2012. Compensation funds for land traversed by the BTC pipeline paid to the family of the deceased as a result of disruption stemming from the period of the pipeline's construction totaled under $1,000 and went to keeping the deceased healthy and caring for her daughter who suffers from tuberculosis. ZAYAM, AZERBAIJAN. A man takes a lamb carcass from the trunk of a car for butchering before cooking for women mourners during the seven day ceremony, part of Azerbaijan's elaborate funeral rituals that include gender segregated commemorations of the deceased three days, seven days and 40 days after their death in Zayam, Shamkir Region, Azerbaijan, approximately four kilometers from the BTC pipeline, on January 3, 2012. Compensation funds for land traversed by the BTC pipeline paid to the family of the deceased as a result of disruption stemming from the period of the pipeline's construction totaled under $1,000 and went to keeping the deceased healthy and caring for her daughter who suffers from tuberculosis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc09.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Wedding guests at the home of Inji Mamedova, the bride, as part of the ceremony to pick her up before marrying Fuad Gasimov, an engineer in the Gas Export Department of the Sangachal Terminal where offshore Azeri oil and gas are pumped into the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tblisi-Sepsa pipelines, on July 9, 2010. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Wedding guests at the home of Inji Mamedova, the bride, as part of the ceremony to pick her up before marrying Fuad Gasimov, an engineer in the Gas Export Department of the Sangachal Terminal where offshore Azeri oil and gas are pumped into the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tblisi-Sepsa pipelines, on July 9, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc08.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Fuad Gasimov, an engineer in the Gas Export Department of the Sangachal Terminal where offshore Azeri oil and gas are pumped into the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tblisi-Sepsa pipelines, and his wife Inji Mamedova just after signing their marriage contract at a wedding palace on July 9, 2010. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Fuad Gasimov, an engineer in the Gas Export Department of the Sangachal Terminal where offshore Azeri oil and gas are pumped into the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tblisi-Sepsa pipelines, and his wife Inji Mamedova just after signing their marriage contract at a wedding palace on July 9, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc45.jpg YADILI, AZERBAIJAN. Maharram Aliyev, 35, pats his son, Emin Aliyev, 3, on the head while he sleeps after returning from his shift as a security guard along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline route in the family's one-room winter home in Yadili, Yevlax Region, Azerbaijan on January 4, 2012. Aliyev said he earns three to four times the average salary in his village; Aliyev and his father also received compensation funds combined totaling under $3,000 for the disruption to their lands caused by the construction of the BTC pipeline. YADILI, AZERBAIJAN. Maharram Aliyev, 35, pats his son, Emin Aliyev, 3, on the head while he sleeps after returning from his shift as a security guard along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline route in the family's one-room winter home in Yadili, Yevlax Region, Azerbaijan on January 4, 2012. Aliyev said he earns three to four times the average salary in his village; Aliyev and his father also received compensation funds combined totaling under $3,000 for the disruption to their lands caused by the construction of the BTC pipeline. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc46.jpg ALPOUT, AZERBAIJAN. Hagane Gasimova, 47, chops wood in her backyard in Alpout, Ucar Region, Azerbaijan on March 3, 2012. Located along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Alpout no longer has gas despite the fact that it did until about five years ago and villagers are forced to resort to cutting down trees for heat and cooking; the average monthly salary in Alpout is equivalent to only a few hundred dollars and most live off their land through subsistence farming. ALPOUT, AZERBAIJAN. Hagane Gasimova, 47, chops wood in her backyard in Alpout, Ucar Region, Azerbaijan on March 3, 2012. Located along the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Alpout no longer has gas despite the fact that it did until about five years ago and villagers are forced to resort to cutting down trees for heat and cooking; the average monthly salary in Alpout is equivalent to only a few hundred dollars and most live off their land through subsistence farming. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc47.jpg DGVARI, GEORGIA. Zhenia Gogoladze, 68, outside her house which has been partially destroyed by cracks appearing after a 2007 earthquake in Dgvari, Samstkhe-Javakheti region, Georgia, one village over from Tadzrisi from where the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline crosses through the Caucuses mountains, on January 22, 2012. Due to soft soil, many homes in Dgvari have cracked due to landslides and earthquakes and experts have asserted that the pipeline construction, which included controlled blasts, in the mountain villages near the city of Borjomi may have helped accelerate the pace of seismic activity in the region, although locals believe the pipeline construction are unconnected to recent earthquakes and landslides. DGVARI, GEORGIA. Zhenia Gogoladze, 68, outside her house which has been partially destroyed by cracks appearing after a 2007 earthquake in Dgvari, Samstkhe-Javakheti region, Georgia, one village over from Tadzrisi from where the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline crosses through the Caucuses mountains, on January 22, 2012. Due to soft soil, many homes in Dgvari have cracked due to landslides and earthquakes and experts have asserted that the pipeline construction, which included controlled blasts, in the mountain villages near the city of Borjomi may have helped accelerate the pace of seismic activity in the region, although locals believe the pipeline construction are unconnected to recent earthquakes and landslides. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc12.jpg TIMOTESUBANI, GEORGIA. Worshippers during Sunday mass in the Timotesubani Church on July 25, 2010. Located in the Borjomi gorge, the Timotesubani Church and monastic complex is a few kilometers from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline route, making it perhaps the most religious sites along the BTC route in Georgia, the only Christian country traversed by the oil pipeline. TIMOTESUBANI, GEORGIA. Worshippers during Sunday mass in the Timotesubani Church on July 25, 2010. Located in the Borjomi gorge, the Timotesubani Church and monastic complex is a few kilometers from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline route, making it perhaps the most religious sites along the BTC route in Georgia, the only Christian country traversed by the oil pipeline. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc14.jpg ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc48.jpg KODA, GEORGIA. (Left) Venera Arbolishvili, 75, cooks dinner for her extended family with her daughter in the kitchen of her new home in the internally displaced persons (IDP) settlement in Koda, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia on January 20, 2012. Originally from the village of Eredvi in South Ossetia, formerly a territory of Georgia which was lost to the Russians during the 2008 August War, Arbolishvili said during the war, an unknown assailant fired from a car and killed her husband who died in her arms and subsequently she was forced to flee her home before she could bury him. KODA, GEORGIA. (Left) Venera Arbolishvili, 75, cooks dinner for her extended family with her daughter in the kitchen of her new home in the internally displaced persons (IDP) settlement in Koda, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia on January 20, 2012. Originally from the village of Eredvi in South Ossetia, formerly a territory of Georgia which was lost to the Russians during the 2008 August War, Arbolishvili said during the war, an unknown assailant fired from a car and killed her husband who died in her arms and subsequently she was forced to flee her home before she could bury him. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc49.jpg RUSTAVI, GEORGIA. Workers smelting scrap metal before it is converted to steel at the Rustavi Steel plant in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia on January 20, 2012. Built in 1946 at the height of Stalinist power in the Soviet Union and upgraded in recent years, Rustavi Steel employs 1,750 in what was once the greatest industrial center of Soviet Georgia; today several heavy industry factories remain in the city which is traversed by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. RUSTAVI, GEORGIA. Workers smelting scrap metal before it is converted to steel at the Rustavi Steel plant in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia on January 20, 2012. Built in 1946 at the height of Stalinist power in the Soviet Union and upgraded in recent years, Rustavi Steel employs 1,750 in what was once the greatest industrial center of Soviet Georgia; today several heavy industry factories remain in the city which is traversed by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc50.jpg TBILISI, GEORGIA. A child beggar sleeps on the street mid-day on Rustaveli Avenue, the main thoroughfare in Tbilisi, Georgia on July 22, 2010. With high unemployment and few economic prospects and lacking the mineral wealth of neighboring oil-rich Azerbaijan, Georgia still finds itself in a state of post-Soviet economic limbo despite receiving approximately $65 million in annual transit fees from having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline route cross its territory. TBILISI, GEORGIA. A child beggar sleeps on the street mid-day on Rustaveli Avenue, the main thoroughfare in Tbilisi, Georgia on July 22, 2010. With high unemployment and few economic prospects and lacking the mineral wealth of neighboring oil-rich Azerbaijan, Georgia still finds itself in a state of post-Soviet economic limbo despite receiving approximately $65 million in annual transit fees from having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline route cross its territory. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc13.jpg SAKIRE, GEORGIA. A man drives his Mercedes down a dirt road as locals work on paving the road in the village of Sakire where there were almost no cars five years ago to over 200 today, according to locals, as a result of the dispersal of compensation funds stemming from land-use rights of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline which runs through the nearby mountains where manyin Sakire own land beside the village of Tadzrisi on July 24, 2010. SAKIRE, GEORGIA. A man drives his Mercedes down a dirt road as locals work on paving the road in the village of Sakire where there were almost no cars five years ago to over 200 today, according to locals, as a result of the dispersal of compensation funds stemming from land-use rights of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline which runs through the nearby mountains where manyin Sakire own land beside the village of Tadzrisi on July 24, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc26.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. Erzurum in Turkey's far northeast, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, is perhaps Turkey's most conservative city, where chador is often more common than secularly dressed women on August 7, 2010. ERZURUM, TURKEY. Erzurum in Turkey's far northeast, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, is perhaps Turkey's most conservative city, where chador is often more common than secularly dressed women on August 7, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc38.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. A male nurse stands over a man after giving blood at a blood drive organized by the Turkish Red Crescent in a tent on Cumhurriyet Road in Erzurum, Turkey, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 11, 2010, the first night of Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims are encouraged to give Zakat or money for charity, one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith, and those who cannot are instructed to donate blood and perform other acts of charity. ERZURUM, TURKEY. A male nurse stands over a man after giving blood at a blood drive organized by the Turkish Red Crescent in a tent on Cumhurriyet Road in Erzurum, Turkey, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 11, 2010, the first night of Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims are encouraged to give Zakat or money for charity, one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith, and those who cannot are instructed to donate blood and perform other acts of charity. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc51.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. People take their seats inside an Iftar tent, when Muslims break their fast after abstaining from food and drink during the day on the second night of the month long celebration of Ramadan, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 12, 2010. ERZURUM, TURKEY. People take their seats inside an Iftar tent, when Muslims break their fast after abstaining from food and drink during the day on the second night of the month long celebration of Ramadan, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 12, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc52.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Men pray in an underground shopping center during a weekly protest called "civil Fridays," where men hear prayers from a Kurdish speaking imam not approved by the Turkish state, as an act of civil disobedience in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 24, 2012. In Turkey, mosques fall under the control of the Turkish state and other religious activities are deemed unofficial and, on occasion, illegal; Diyarbakir is a majority Kurdish city and the most political active, restive in the Kurdish-dominated areas of eastern Turkey. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Men pray in an underground shopping center during a weekly protest called "civil Fridays," where men hear prayers from a Kurdish speaking imam not approved by the Turkish state, as an act of civil disobedience in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 24, 2012. In Turkey, mosques fall under the control of the Turkish state and other religious activities are deemed unofficial and, on occasion, illegal; Diyarbakir is a majority Kurdish city and the most political active, restive in the Kurdish-dominated areas of eastern Turkey. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc53.jpg ALVAR, TURKEY. Women sit for a reading of the Koran late morning in the home of Murat Ozturk in the village of Alvar, Erzurum region, Turkey, which is traversed by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, on the first day of Ramadan, August 11, 2010. ALVAR, TURKEY. Women sit for a reading of the Koran late morning in the home of Murat Ozturk in the village of Alvar, Erzurum region, Turkey, which is traversed by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, on the first day of Ramadan, August 11, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc29.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. A Turkish picnicker rocks her child as he sleeps in a hammock at a site near the Ataturk University in Erzurum, Turkey, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 8, 2010. ERZURUM, TURKEY. A Turkish picnicker rocks her child as he sleeps in a hammock at a site near the Ataturk University in Erzurum, Turkey, the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport, on August 8, 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc54.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Young women sing Kurdish songs in the cafe of the Kurdish Cultural Center in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 25, 2012. After nearly a century of forced assimilation policies in Turkey, many Kurds are standing up for their culture and language in a renewed bid for cultural, if not political, independence; only the Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, has managed to successfully attacked the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Young women sing Kurdish songs in the cafe of the Kurdish Cultural Center in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 25, 2012. After nearly a century of forced assimilation policies in Turkey, many Kurds are standing up for their culture and language in a renewed bid for cultural, if not political, independence; only the Kurdish Workers' Party, PKK, has managed to successfully attacked the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc55.jpg DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Hunger strikers protest the arrest, detentions and alleged torture of family members in connection with the wide reaching Kurdish Communities Union, KCK, case which has been used as the official pretext to jail an estimated 7,000 activists, members of civil society and others vocal on the Kurdish issue at the office of the Peace and Democracy Party, BDP, the political party of the Kurdish Workers Party, PKK, the main Kurdish guerrilla group, in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 22, 2012. DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY. Hunger strikers protest the arrest, detentions and alleged torture of family members in connection with the wide reaching Kurdish Communities Union, KCK, case which has been used as the official pretext to jail an estimated 7,000 activists, members of civil society and others vocal on the Kurdish issue at the office of the Peace and Democracy Party, BDP, the political party of the Kurdish Workers Party, PKK, the main Kurdish guerrilla group, in Diyarbakir, Turkey on February 22, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc56.jpg REYHANLI, TURKEY. Syrian children play in a junkyard of old, abandoned and destroyed vehicles at the entrance to the Reyhanli tent city in Reyhanli, Turkey on February 26, 2012. As the year old rebellion against the rule of Bashar Al-Assad continues just across the border in Syria, Turkey has seen a continued influx of refugees from the Syrian conflict but has not granted them refugee status and instead considers them to be "guests" of Turkey; Turkey's border with Syria is just one hour from the Ceyhan Marine Terminal where the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline ends its 1,100 mile journey at the Mediterranean port. REYHANLI, TURKEY. Syrian children play in a junkyard of old, abandoned and destroyed vehicles at the entrance to the Reyhanli tent city in Reyhanli, Turkey on February 26, 2012. As the year old rebellion against the rule of Bashar Al-Assad continues just across the border in Syria, Turkey has seen a continued influx of refugees from the Syrian conflict but has not granted them refugee status and instead considers them to be "guests" of Turkey; Turkey's border with Syria is just one hour from the Ceyhan Marine Terminal where the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline ends its 1,100 mile journey at the Mediterranean port. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc23.jpg YUMURTALIK, TURKEY. Mehmet Erzin, 40, a fisherman, leaves from the port of Yumurtalik, Turkey late in the afternoon on August 15, 2010 to go lay down his nets in the Mediterranean Sea. Many fisherman complain of depleted stocks and environmental damage resulting from the growth of industry and industrial dumping from a nearby thermal power plant after the construction of the end terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was completed and located so close to their ports. YUMURTALIK, TURKEY. Mehmet Erzin, 40, a fisherman, leaves from the port of Yumurtalik, Turkey late in the afternoon on August 15, 2010 to go lay down his nets in the Mediterranean Sea. Many fisherman complain of depleted stocks and environmental damage resulting from the growth of industry and industrial dumping from a nearby thermal power plant after the construction of the end terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was completed and located so close to their ports. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc37.jpg MEDITERRANEAN SEA NEAR YUMURTALIK, TURKEY. Mehmet Erzin, 40, a fisherman, separates the biggest fish from his catch after retrieving his nets early in the morning on August 16, 2010. Many fisherman complain of depleted stocks and environmental damage resulting from the growth of industry and industrial dumping from a nearby thermal power plant after the construction of the end terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was completed and located so close to their ports. MEDITERRANEAN SEA NEAR YUMURTALIK, TURKEY. Mehmet Erzin, 40, a fisherman, separates the biggest fish from his catch after retrieving his nets early in the morning on August 16, 2010. Many fisherman complain of depleted stocks and environmental damage resulting from the growth of industry and industrial dumping from a nearby thermal power plant after the construction of the end terminal of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was completed and located so close to their ports. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc22.jpg CEYHAN MARINE TERMINAL, TURKEY. Philipino workers load Azeri crude oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline onto a Greek oil tanker, The Aegean Myth on August 16, 2010 before setting sail for Rotterdam, The Netherlands. CEYHAN MARINE TERMINAL, TURKEY. Philipino workers load Azeri crude oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline onto a Greek oil tanker, The Aegean Myth on August 16, 2010 before setting sail for Rotterdam, The Netherlands. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc57.jpg CEYHAN MARINE TERMINAL, TURKEY. A Philipino worker seen through a bucket to catch leaking crude oil secures a valve after loading Azeri crude oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline onto a Greek oil tanker, The Aegean Myth, on August 16, 2010 before setting sail for Rotterdam, The Netherlands. CEYHAN MARINE TERMINAL, TURKEY. A Philipino worker seen through a bucket to catch leaking crude oil secures a valve after loading Azeri crude oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline onto a Greek oil tanker, The Aegean Myth, on August 16, 2010 before setting sail for Rotterdam, The Netherlands. https://amandarivkin.com/odessa-diary monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/turkey-in-transition monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/turkey-gezi-uprising monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising01.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The crowd in Taksim Square reacts to a pyrotechnics show of fireworks and torches in during ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The crowd in Taksim Square reacts to a pyrotechnics show of fireworks and torches in during ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising02.jpg ANKARA, TURKEY. Protesters gather on Kennedy Street to express their distaste for Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish acronym AK Party, on June 16, 2013. Since protesters occupied and were evicted from Gezi Park in Istanbul's main Taksim Square in late May, nationwide protests have followed in solidarity with the cause and against Erdogan. ANKARA, TURKEY. Protesters gather on Kennedy Street to express their distaste for Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish acronym AK Party, on June 16, 2013. Since protesters occupied and were evicted from Gezi Park in Istanbul's main Taksim Square in late May, nationwide protests have followed in solidarity with the cause and against Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising03.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A protester poses in front of a Turkish-made TOMA riot control vehicle in Taksim Square the evening after riot police moved to retake the square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A protester poses in front of a Turkish-made TOMA riot control vehicle in Taksim Square the evening after riot police moved to retake the square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising04.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A young woman is seen smoking a cigarette in the middle of the tent city in Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A young woman is seen smoking a cigarette in the middle of the tent city in Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising05.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks continue to occupy Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square by camping out on June 10, 2013. Ten days of protests that began over plans to demolish Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square and have spread into a nationwide manifestation of dislike for the policies and ruling style of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who critics charge has become increasingly authoritarian. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks continue to occupy Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square by camping out on June 10, 2013. Ten days of protests that began over plans to demolish Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square and have spread into a nationwide manifestation of dislike for the policies and ruling style of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who critics charge has become increasingly authoritarian. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising06.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks wave their hands in Gezi Park after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone on June 5, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks wave their hands in Gezi Park after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone on June 5, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising07.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Flags bearing Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, and the Kurdish national flag are seen in the middle of Taksim Square on an overturned police vehicle during a protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Flags bearing Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed PKK leader, and the Kurdish national flag are seen in the middle of Taksim Square on an overturned police vehicle during a protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising09.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Protesters remain camped out in Gezi Park after 12 days of occupying the park after police retook the adjacent Taksim Square but left demonstrators in the park on June 13, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered a referendum on the park to residents of Istanbul, despite there being no law allowing for such practices, and telling demonstrators to evacuate the park as patience with the demonstration is over. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Protesters remain camped out in Gezi Park after 12 days of occupying the park after police retook the adjacent Taksim Square but left demonstrators in the park on June 13, 2013. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered a referendum on the park to residents of Istanbul, despite there being no law allowing for such practices, and telling demonstrators to evacuate the park as patience with the demonstration is over. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising10.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk surrounded by painted over graffiti are seen near Taksim Square on June 13, 2013. On the 17th day of protest and periodic riots in Istanbul, many awoke to find graffiti opposing the ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish acronym AKP, had been painted over by municipal workers overnight. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk surrounded by painted over graffiti are seen near Taksim Square on June 13, 2013. On the 17th day of protest and periodic riots in Istanbul, many awoke to find graffiti opposing the ruling Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish acronym AKP, had been painted over by municipal workers overnight. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising11.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Police fire tear gas at demonstrators on the road and into Gezi Park from Taksim Square as they move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Police fire tear gas at demonstrators on the road and into Gezi Park from Taksim Square as they move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising12.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A man is seen protecting his eyes from tear gas as smoke billows from a flaming vehicle in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A man is seen protecting his eyes from tear gas as smoke billows from a flaming vehicle in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising13.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women react to tear gas in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women react to tear gas in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising15.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A young woman blows bubbles in Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A young woman blows bubbles in Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising16.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A bride and groom promenade in Taksim Square in protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A bride and groom promenade in Taksim Square in protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising17.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A motorcycle rally occurred late Sunday afternoon in Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 9, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A motorcycle rally occurred late Sunday afternoon in Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 9, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising18.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The crowd in Taksim Square reacts to a pyrotechnics show of fireworks and torches in during ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. The crowd in Taksim Square reacts to a pyrotechnics show of fireworks and torches in during ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising19.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks gather in Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks gather in Taksim Square where ongoing protests against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square have lead to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising20.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turkish children light a paper lantern at a protest in Taksim Square after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from the square as it transforms increasingly into a free, carnival-like zone in Istanbul, Turkey on June 6, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turkish children light a paper lantern at a protest in Taksim Square after a week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from the square as it transforms increasingly into a free, carnival-like zone in Istanbul, Turkey on June 6, 2013. The crisis which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising21.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Davide Martello, an Italian pianist and peace activist, plays The Beatles' "Let It Be" and the Italian partisan song "Ciao Bella" on the piano to a crowd that includes riot police in Taksim Square the evening after riot police moved to retake the square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Davide Martello, an Italian pianist and peace activist, plays The Beatles' "Let It Be" and the Italian partisan song "Ciao Bella" on the piano to a crowd that includes riot police in Taksim Square the evening after riot police moved to retake the square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising23.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A vendor is seen in Taksim Square early in the morning on June 10, 2013. After more than a week of protests in Taksim Square against the demolition of the adjacent Gezi Park in favor of a reconstructed Ottoman barracks and shopping mall which have escalated into a nationwide call of the country's secular-minded citizens for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, the signs of life slowly returning to normal are gradually reappearing after a weekend of street parties. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A vendor is seen in Taksim Square early in the morning on June 10, 2013. After more than a week of protests in Taksim Square against the demolition of the adjacent Gezi Park in favor of a reconstructed Ottoman barracks and shopping mall which have escalated into a nationwide call of the country's secular-minded citizens for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, the signs of life slowly returning to normal are gradually reappearing after a weekend of street parties. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising22.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks continue to sleep in Gezi Park a night after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks continue to sleep in Gezi Park a night after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising24.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks climb across a deconstructed construction site in Taksim Square in protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks climb across a deconstructed construction site in Taksim Square in protest of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his policies a week after demonstrators forced police to withdraw from the square leading to a carnival-like sit-in on June 8, 2013. A week of protests led to police being barricaded out of and withdrawing from Istanbul's Taksim Square as it transforms increasingly into a free zone; the crisis, which began over construction of a park and plans to reconstruct Ottoman barracks and a shopping mall, has evolved into Turkey's biggest political crisis in decades as Turks express frustration with the current AK Party, Justice and Development Party and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising31.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women react to the tear gas in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Women react to the tear gas in Taksim Square as riot police move on the square on June 11, 2013. After 10 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police moved to retake the square; last night, the Prime Minister called a meeting for tomorrow with protest leaders. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising34.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A mattress is seen on a pile of rubble after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. A mattress is seen on a pile of rubble after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square the night before on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising28.jpg ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks move to construct new barricades a night after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. ISTANBUL, TURKEY. Turks move to construct new barricades a night after riot police moved to retake Taksim Square on June 12, 2013. After 11 days of protest and occupying Gezi Park adjacent to Taksim Square, riot police firmly took control of Taksim Square with street battles on back streets occurring until the early hours of the morning and a few hundred demonstrators continuing to camp out in the adjacent Gezi Park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising35.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of Turkey's secular republic, and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan are seen adorning the facade of a building in Kent Square during a Justice and Development Party, AKP, rally where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of Turkey's secular republic, and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan are seen adorning the facade of a building in Kent Square during a Justice and Development Party, AKP, rally where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising36.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Supporters of the Justice and Development Party, AKP, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gathered at a rally to hear Erdogan speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Supporters of the Justice and Development Party, AKP, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gathered at a rally to hear Erdogan speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising39.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising38.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Religious female supporters of the Justice and Development Party, AKP, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lean out their window to hear Erdogan speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Religious female supporters of the Justice and Development Party, AKP, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lean out their window to hear Erdogan speak after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://amandarivkin.com/home monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk01.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman dances on the table at Jos Ovu Noc, a kafana, or bar with live turbofolk music that blares late into the night on July 2, 2015. Such clubs as showcases for turbofolk singers and bands have their origins along the Ibarska Magistrala highway which goes south from the capital towards the most traditional parts of Serbia. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman dances on the table at Jos Ovu Noc, a kafana, or bar with live turbofolk music that blares late into the night on July 2, 2015. Such clubs as showcases for turbofolk singers and bands have their origins along the Ibarska Magistrala highway which goes south from the capital towards the most traditional parts of Serbia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk02.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A couple making out in a quiet corner at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, as Dara Bubamara belts out fast-paced turbofolk hits on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A couple making out in a quiet corner at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, as Dara Bubamara belts out fast-paced turbofolk hits on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk04.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman stands in front of the former Serbian Ministry of Defense (at left), formerly the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense, and the Army Headquarters (at right), which were hit by NATO bombs in 1999 during the conflict with Kosovo under former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, which have been left since as a morbid reminder of sorts of Serbia's recent past on Kneza Milosa on June 29, 2015. Part of the Army Headquarters building remains in use. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman stands in front of the former Serbian Ministry of Defense (at left), formerly the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense, and the Army Headquarters (at right), which were hit by NATO bombs in 1999 during the conflict with Kosovo under former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, which have been left since as a morbid reminder of sorts of Serbia's recent past on Kneza Milosa on June 29, 2015. Part of the Army Headquarters building remains in use. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk22.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Young people, including a young man in a traditional Serbian hat dance and sing along in the front row as Aca Lukas performs at Mali Kalemegdan, the smaller section of the old fortress on July 11, 2015. Lukas, who often appears on stage with Ceca, the "mother of Serbia" and the biggest turbofolk star, was one of the first turbofolk stars to admit to using cocaine. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Young people, including a young man in a traditional Serbian hat dance and sing along in the front row as Aca Lukas performs at Mali Kalemegdan, the smaller section of the old fortress on July 11, 2015. Lukas, who often appears on stage with Ceca, the "mother of Serbia" and the biggest turbofolk star, was one of the first turbofolk stars to admit to using cocaine. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk03.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Dara Bubamara performs onstage at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, surrounded by bodyguards on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Dara Bubamara performs onstage at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, surrounded by bodyguards on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk27.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Serbian police in riot gear stand guard outside the Media Centar before a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, widely labeled genocide in the eyes of International Criminal Court in The Hague and the international community, on July 11, 2015. Due to threats from nationalists, a planned die-in intended to represent the 8,000 who lost their lives in Srebrenica, Europe's largest postwar massacre, was cancelled and a much smaller commemoration of NGO officials was held at the Media Centar. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Serbian police in riot gear stand guard outside the Media Centar before a commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, widely labeled genocide in the eyes of International Criminal Court in The Hague and the international community, on July 11, 2015. Due to threats from nationalists, a planned die-in intended to represent the 8,000 who lost their lives in Srebrenica, Europe's largest postwar massacre, was cancelled and a much smaller commemoration of NGO officials was held at the Media Centar. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk09.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Starlet, or aspiring star, Atina Ferrari, who appeared on the reality show "Parovi," which features many high end prostitutes and elements of the turbofolk lifestyle, at Jos Ovu Noc, a kafana, or bar with live turbofolk music that blares late into the night on July 2, 2015. Such clubs as showcases for turbofolk singers and bands have their origins along the Ibarska Magistrala highway which goes south from the capital towards the most traditional parts of Serbia; the turbofolk lifestyle and sound has evolved into one where "money is the justification," in the words of Radovan Kupres, former cultural programming director of tv station B92 who produced the documentary "All That Folk". BELGRADE, SERBIA. Starlet, or aspiring star, Atina Ferrari, who appeared on the reality show "Parovi," which features many high end prostitutes and elements of the turbofolk lifestyle, at Jos Ovu Noc, a kafana, or bar with live turbofolk music that blares late into the night on July 2, 2015. Such clubs as showcases for turbofolk singers and bands have their origins along the Ibarska Magistrala highway which goes south from the capital towards the most traditional parts of Serbia; the turbofolk lifestyle and sound has evolved into one where "money is the justification," in the words of Radovan Kupres, former cultural programming director of tv station B92 who produced the documentary "All That Folk". https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk05.jpg NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk25.jpg SIMANOVCI, SERBIA. The stage the morning after the finale of "Pinkovi Zvezde" or "Pink Stars," an "American Idol"-style talent showcase on Pink TV, one of the two main TV stations dedicated to turbo folk music and other programming, at the main Pink TV studios on June 28, 2015. SIMANOVCI, SERBIA. The stage the morning after the finale of "Pinkovi Zvezde" or "Pink Stars," an "American Idol"-style talent showcase on Pink TV, one of the two main TV stations dedicated to turbo folk music and other programming, at the main Pink TV studios on June 28, 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk37.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. (At center, in suit) Ekrem Jevric sings as Aleksandra Grdic gives a massage to a fellow cast member, as Saska Karan laughs on the couch and turbofolk star Dusica Grabovic looks on in laughter on the set of "Parovi," which features many starlets, turbofolk viral video stars and others part of the blingy new money turbo world, on September 10, 2015. Parovi is broadcast live twenty-four hours a day and along with shows like "Farm" and "Hotel Maldivi" populate the fodder for the tabloid press in Serbia. BELGRADE, SERBIA. (At center, in suit) Ekrem Jevric sings as Aleksandra Grdic gives a massage to a fellow cast member, as Saska Karan laughs on the couch and turbofolk star Dusica Grabovic looks on in laughter on the set of "Parovi," which features many starlets, turbofolk viral video stars and others part of the blingy new money turbo world, on September 10, 2015. Parovi is broadcast live twenty-four hours a day and along with shows like "Farm" and "Hotel Maldivi" populate the fodder for the tabloid press in Serbia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk30.jpg JAGODINA, SERBIA. Jovanca, the giraffe in the Jagodina zoo, on September 10, 2015. Jovanca was a concession to powerful local mayor and don Dragan Markovic, also known as "Palma," a former close ally of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, in order to gain his participation in the coalition government; Palma owns Palma TV which provided part of the turbofolk soundtrack to the 1990s and is close with several stars of the genre including Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, and Aca Lukas. JAGODINA, SERBIA. Jovanca, the giraffe in the Jagodina zoo, on September 10, 2015. Jovanca was a concession to powerful local mayor and don Dragan Markovic, also known as "Palma," a former close ally of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, in order to gain his participation in the coalition government; Palma owns Palma TV which provided part of the turbofolk soundtrack to the 1990s and is close with several stars of the genre including Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, and Aca Lukas. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk07.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk11.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience wait to enter the studio for a taping of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience wait to enter the studio for a taping of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk21.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. (At left) Lepa Brena, one of the oldest and original turbofolk stars, during a performance on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. During this particular taping of "Grand Stars," well known stars are singing with younger, lesser known stars with the goal of elevating their personality in public life. BELGRADE, SERBIA. (At left) Lepa Brena, one of the oldest and original turbofolk stars, during a performance on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. During this particular taping of "Grand Stars," well known stars are singing with younger, lesser known stars with the goal of elevating their personality in public life. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk13.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience applaud their favorite stars turbofolk hits on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience applaud their favorite stars turbofolk hits on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk24.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman and a young man in the audience react to watching Aca Lukas performs at Mali Kalemegdan, the smaller section of the old fortress on July 11, 2015. Lukas, who often appears on stage with Ceca, the "mother of Serbia" and the biggest turbofolk star, was one of the first turbofolk stars to admit to using cocaine. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A woman and a young man in the audience react to watching Aca Lukas performs at Mali Kalemegdan, the smaller section of the old fortress on July 11, 2015. Lukas, who often appears on stage with Ceca, the "mother of Serbia" and the biggest turbofolk star, was one of the first turbofolk stars to admit to using cocaine. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk08.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Clubgoers at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, toast on the main dance floor of the club as Dara Bubamara sings fast-paced turbofolk hits on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Clubgoers at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, toast on the main dance floor of the club as Dara Bubamara sings fast-paced turbofolk hits on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk18.jpg SIMANOVCI, SERBIA. Girls who will dance on stage during the taping of the finale of "Pinkove Zvezdice," or "Little Pink Stars," wait backstage at the Pink TV studios before the finale on July 4, 2015. "Pinkove Zvezdice," is the junior program of "Pinkove Zvezde," the premier turbofolk showcase on Pink TV, one of the primary networks showcasing turbofolk, although the child contestants on "Pinkove Zvezdice" are more likely to sing classic pop songs than anything regional. SIMANOVCI, SERBIA. Girls who will dance on stage during the taping of the finale of "Pinkove Zvezdice," or "Little Pink Stars," wait backstage at the Pink TV studios before the finale on July 4, 2015. "Pinkove Zvezdice," is the junior program of "Pinkove Zvezde," the premier turbofolk showcase on Pink TV, one of the primary networks showcasing turbofolk, although the child contestants on "Pinkove Zvezdice" are more likely to sing classic pop songs than anything regional. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk35.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A door guard objects to photos as young women wait to enter River, a club on a splav, or barge, on the Sava River ahead of a concert by Jelena Karleusa on the night of July 3, 2015. The splavs along the Sava and Danube Rivers are the epicenter of Belgrade's raging all night club scene; Karleusa is one of two of the turbofolk industry's greatest stars and certainly its most outspoken liberal voice and advocate for the gay community. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A door guard objects to photos as young women wait to enter River, a club on a splav, or barge, on the Sava River ahead of a concert by Jelena Karleusa on the night of July 3, 2015. The splavs along the Sava and Danube Rivers are the epicenter of Belgrade's raging all night club scene; Karleusa is one of two of the turbofolk industry's greatest stars and certainly its most outspoken liberal voice and advocate for the gay community. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk36.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. A clubgoer at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, dances to fast-paced turbofolk hits by Dara Bubamara on the main dance floor of the club on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. BELGRADE, SERBIA. A clubgoer at Bard, a nightclub on a splav or barge on the Danube River, dances to fast-paced turbofolk hits by Dara Bubamara on the main dance floor of the club on July 8, 2015. Dara Bubamara's career extends back to 1989 when she got her start on television singing songs by Lepa Brena. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk32.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience sing along to their favorite stars turbofolk hits on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Members of the studio audience sing along to their favorite stars turbofolk hits on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Members of the studio audience are paid 500 dinars, approximately $5, a day for their role and participation in the tapings which last for hours. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rivkin_wpp_turbofolk15.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Vesna Zmijanac, an aging star whose career extends back to the 1980s even before the advent of the music known as "turbofolk" and former mistress of the head of Serbian state television during the 1990s, smokes backstage after a performance on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Zmijanac's daughter Nikolija is a rising star of the turbofolk scene today. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Vesna Zmijanac, an aging star whose career extends back to the 1980s even before the advent of the music known as "turbofolk" and former mistress of the head of Serbian state television during the 1990s, smokes backstage after a performance on the set of "Zvezde Granda," or "Grand Stars," a premier turbofolk showcase on Serbian television station TV Prva, on July 1, 2015. Zmijanac's daughter Nikolija is a rising star of the turbofolk scene today. https://amandarivkin.com/postwar-bosnia-reconstruction monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia06.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man carries his bag into the train station, built during the socialist era, and now in the shadow of the Avaz Tower designed by architect Faruk Kapidzic for Bosnian media mogul and former Bosnian nationalist presidential candidate Fahrudin Radoncic on October 17, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man carries his bag into the train station, built during the socialist era, and now in the shadow of the Avaz Tower designed by architect Faruk Kapidzic for Bosnian media mogul and former Bosnian nationalist presidential candidate Fahrudin Radoncic on October 17, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia18.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A woman pushes a stroller passed election posters for the Union of Social Democrats ahead of October 12 national elections on October 8, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A woman pushes a stroller passed election posters for the Union of Social Democrats ahead of October 12 national elections on October 8, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_5515.jpg NEAR SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Train conductors Sakib Buzo, 53, and Izet Golubic, 51, drive the train to Doboj from the train station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 20, 2014. Buzo and Golubic said they used to drive routes to Belgrade before the war but those were discontinued after the 1992-1995 conflict and routes to cities like Banja Luka inside the Republika Srpska, one of two entities in the present day divided Bosnia and Herzegovina, were discontinued in only the last few years as Serbian nationalism has been on the rise. NEAR SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Train conductors Sakib Buzo, 53, and Izet Golubic, 51, drive the train to Doboj from the train station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 20, 2014. Buzo and Golubic said they used to drive routes to Belgrade before the war but those were discontinued after the 1992-1995 conflict and routes to cities like Banja Luka inside the Republika Srpska, one of two entities in the present day divided Bosnia and Herzegovina, were discontinued in only the last few years as Serbian nationalism has been on the rise. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia19.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man casts his ballot in Bosnia's elections in a school classroom on October 12, 2014. With 92 political parties and a tripartite presidency shared between a Serb, a Croat and a Bosniak, Bosnia's political system has been dubbed one of the most complex on earth. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man casts his ballot in Bosnia's elections in a school classroom on October 12, 2014. With 92 political parties and a tripartite presidency shared between a Serb, a Croat and a Bosniak, Bosnia's political system has been dubbed one of the most complex on earth. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia30.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A statue of Josip Broz Tito, the longest serving leader of communist Yugoslavia, stands in the middle of the campus of the University of Sarajevo on October 28, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A statue of Josip Broz Tito, the longest serving leader of communist Yugoslavia, stands in the middle of the campus of the University of Sarajevo on October 28, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia02.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. (At right) Andrea Dautovic, 57, a museum adviser and librarian in charge of the exchange of publications, retrieves the key to the ethnographic section of the shuddered Bosnian National Museum from a colleague in the courtyard garden on October 15, 2014. The museum closed its doors on October 4, 2012 after employees had worked one year without salaries, many of whom continue to work without salaries to this day; the Bosnian National Museum is short the minimum 700,000-800,000 Euro it would need to keep its doors open. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. (At right) Andrea Dautovic, 57, a museum adviser and librarian in charge of the exchange of publications, retrieves the key to the ethnographic section of the shuddered Bosnian National Museum from a colleague in the courtyard garden on October 15, 2014. The museum closed its doors on October 4, 2012 after employees had worked one year without salaries, many of whom continue to work without salaries to this day; the Bosnian National Museum is short the minimum 700,000-800,000 Euro it would need to keep its doors open. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia03.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Empty display cases in the archeology section of the Bosnian National Museum which museum keepers said were emptied for the safekeeping of artifacts on October 15, 2014. The museum closed its doors on October 4, 2012 after employees had worked one year without salaries, many of whom continue to work without salaries to this day; the Bosnian National Museum is short the minimum 700,000-800,000 Euro it would need to keep its doors open. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Empty display cases in the archeology section of the Bosnian National Museum which museum keepers said were emptied for the safekeeping of artifacts on October 15, 2014. The museum closed its doors on October 4, 2012 after employees had worked one year without salaries, many of whom continue to work without salaries to this day; the Bosnian National Museum is short the minimum 700,000-800,000 Euro it would need to keep its doors open. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia08.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. (L-r) Makeup artists Esefa Zornic, 30, touches up news anchor Marina Ridjic, 28, just before going on air on Al Jazeera Balkans in the BBI Center, which was designed by architect Sead Golos, on October 10, 2014. Qatari-financed Al Jazeera Balkans launched in November 2011 and is an anchor tenant of the BBI Center. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. (L-r) Makeup artists Esefa Zornic, 30, touches up news anchor Marina Ridjic, 28, just before going on air on Al Jazeera Balkans in the BBI Center, which was designed by architect Sead Golos, on October 10, 2014. Qatari-financed Al Jazeera Balkans launched in November 2011 and is an anchor tenant of the BBI Center. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_2476.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. People walk passed a building that shows a lack of certainty with regard to the facade's colors and windows on October 11, 2014. As Sarajevo was restored after the 1992-1995 siege according to private property regulations as opposed to the previous state order which allowed for less dissonance and continuity of styles. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. People walk passed a building that shows a lack of certainty with regard to the facade's colors and windows on October 11, 2014. As Sarajevo was restored after the 1992-1995 siege according to private property regulations as opposed to the previous state order which allowed for less dissonance and continuity of styles. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia10.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Friends share a moment looking at cell phone pictures in front of a dessert shop in the old city on October 11, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Friends share a moment looking at cell phone pictures in front of a dessert shop in the old city on October 11, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia22.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Serbian Orthodox arishoners line up to kiss the cross during Sunday mass at the Nativity of Theotokos - Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Cathedral on October 12, 2014. Many said they feel unwelcome in postwar Sarajevo and were either too old or too poor to move to the Republika Srpska. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Serbian Orthodox arishoners line up to kiss the cross during Sunday mass at the Nativity of Theotokos - Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Cathedral on October 12, 2014. Many said they feel unwelcome in postwar Sarajevo and were either too old or too poor to move to the Republika Srpska. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia25.jpg VISEGRAD, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man waves a Serbian flag as part of a wedding procession through the streets on October 18, 2014. Visegrad was ethnically cleansed by the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992-1995 conflict; a plaque on the statue beside the café in the background states, "Monument to defenders of the Republika Srpska from the grateful people of Visegrad". VISEGRAD, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A man waves a Serbian flag as part of a wedding procession through the streets on October 18, 2014. Visegrad was ethnically cleansed by the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992-1995 conflict; a plaque on the statue beside the café in the background states, "Monument to defenders of the Republika Srpska from the grateful people of Visegrad". https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia26.jpg VISEGRADSKA BANJA, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A young Bosnian Serbian couple celebrates their wedding in the restaurant at the Vilina Vlas Hotel on October 18, 2014. The Vilina Vlas Hotel was used as a rape and torture facility during the Bosnian conflict of 1992-1995 by the Bosnian Serb Army and Serb paramilitaries against the Bosniak Muslim population of Bosnia. VISEGRADSKA BANJA, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A young Bosnian Serbian couple celebrates their wedding in the restaurant at the Vilina Vlas Hotel on October 18, 2014. The Vilina Vlas Hotel was used as a rape and torture facility during the Bosnian conflict of 1992-1995 by the Bosnian Serb Army and Serb paramilitaries against the Bosniak Muslim population of Bosnia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia15.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Sephardic Jews pray in the Ashkenazi Synagogue on shabbat on October 17, 2014. Jewish community leader Jakob Finci (second from right) placed the number of Jewish people left in Sarajevo at 700; part of the Shabbat service is in Ladino, an old dialect of Spanish that Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 took with them to their new homes across the Mediterranean world. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Sephardic Jews pray in the Ashkenazi Synagogue on shabbat on October 17, 2014. Jewish community leader Jakob Finci (second from right) placed the number of Jewish people left in Sarajevo at 700; part of the Shabbat service is in Ladino, an old dialect of Spanish that Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 took with them to their new homes across the Mediterranean world. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_7163.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Women pray on the upper level in the small section partitioned for them in the Wahhabi King Fahd Mosque, designed by Faruk Kapidzic, during Friday prayers and Herzegovina on October 10, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Women pray on the upper level in the small section partitioned for them in the Wahhabi King Fahd Mosque, designed by Faruk Kapidzic, during Friday prayers and Herzegovina on October 10, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia04.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia07.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Children ride the escalators for entertainment at the massive Saudi-owned Sarajevo City Center mall designed by architect Sead Golos on October 16, 2014. Alcohol is not served in any of the mall's restaurants due to the mall's Saudi ownership, to the objections of the architect. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Children ride the escalators for entertainment at the massive Saudi-owned Sarajevo City Center mall designed by architect Sead Golos on October 16, 2014. Alcohol is not served in any of the mall's restaurants due to the mall's Saudi ownership, to the objections of the architect. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia13.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Meho Zekic, 72, and "the butcher" play chess with oversized pieces at a park on October 23, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Meho Zekic, 72, and "the butcher" play chess with oversized pieces at a park on October 23, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia33.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Men in a VW bus drive across the river into the city center on a Friday night on October 17, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Men in a VW bus drive across the river into the city center on a Friday night on October 17, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia37.jpg ULCINJ, MONTENEGRO. The mother of bride Arnela Koluh, 23, of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, places a red scarf over her head as part of the traditional Bosniak wedding ceremony before entering the Pomerac Mosque on October 26, 2014. ULCINJ, MONTENEGRO. The mother of bride Arnela Koluh, 23, of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, places a red scarf over her head as part of the traditional Bosniak wedding ceremony before entering the Pomerac Mosque on October 26, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia01.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A view of the Miljacka River which runs through Sarajevo from the Austro-Hungarian Jajce Barracks on October 14, 2014. The Jajce Barracks were in use by the Yugoslav Army until 1992 and have fallen into a serious state of disrepair first due to the siege from 1992-1995 and then due to lack of care in the period after the war; at one point an investor thought to make a hotel out of the property but due to its unresolved status as military property, which falls under the jurisdiction of no other state agency, this did not happen. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. A view of the Miljacka River which runs through Sarajevo from the Austro-Hungarian Jajce Barracks on October 14, 2014. The Jajce Barracks were in use by the Yugoslav Army until 1992 and have fallen into a serious state of disrepair first due to the siege from 1992-1995 and then due to lack of care in the period after the war; at one point an investor thought to make a hotel out of the property but due to its unresolved status as military property, which falls under the jurisdiction of no other state agency, this did not happen. https://amandarivkin.com/prague-stag-nights monthly 0.8 https://amandarivkin.com/trumpistan monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-10.jpg JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump before a town hall at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump before a town hall at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-14.jpg DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-13.jpg DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-15.jpg DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-18.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The line to hear Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus at an event scheduled for the early evening on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The line to hear Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus at an event scheduled for the early evening on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-32.jpg ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. Supporters of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. Supporters of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-16.jpg DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as he signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-08.jpg BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-02.jpg JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump combs his son's hair as they wait in line to enter before a town hall at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. Father told son, "Let me comb your hair son before we meet the next president of the United States." JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump combs his son's hair as they wait in line to enter before a town hall at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. Father told son, "Let me comb your hair son before we meet the next president of the United States." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-17.jpg ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-19.jpg ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-20.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump wait in line on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus to hear Trump speak at an event scheduled for the early evening in Chicago, Illinois on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump wait in line on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus to hear Trump speak at an event scheduled for the early evening in Chicago, Illinois on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-24.jpg BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. Trump supporters inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. Trump supporters inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-31.jpg DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A priest stands among students as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. DE PERE, WISCONSIN. A priest stands among students as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump signs autographs and does what is known as "a rope line" in the Webster Theater at St. Norbert College after he gave a speech primarily on the topic of success not his presidential campaign on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-37.jpg APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in an Elvis costume before Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump in an Elvis costume before Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-38.jpg BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter inside the Synergy Flight Center to hear Republican front runner Donald Trump speak on March 13, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-39.jpg ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN. A supporter of Donald Trump at his campaign event at the Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center on April 2, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-41.jpg APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A Secret Service agent stands guard as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. After introducing the topic of Syrian refugees and ISIS, Trump read an incendiary poem about a snake that attacks a woman that tried to give it refuge in a clear parable of his views on providing sanctuary to those individuals fleeing the Syrian civil war. APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A Secret Service agent stands guard as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. After introducing the topic of Syrian refugees and ISIS, Trump read an incendiary poem about a snake that attacks a woman that tried to give it refuge in a clear parable of his views on providing sanctuary to those individuals fleeing the Syrian civil war. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-42.jpg APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A Secret Service agent stands guard as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. After introducing the topic of Syrian refugees and ISIS, Trump read an incendiary poem about a snake that attacks a woman that tried to give it refuge in a clear parable of his views on providing sanctuary to those individuals fleeing the Syrian civil war. APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A Secret Service agent stands guard as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016. After introducing the topic of Syrian refugees and ISIS, Trump read an incendiary poem about a snake that attacks a woman that tried to give it refuge in a clear parable of his views on providing sanctuary to those individuals fleeing the Syrian civil war. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-44.jpg WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN. A protester shouts, interrupting Donald Trump as he speaks at his campaign event at the Nathan Hale High School on April 3, 2016. The protester began, "The people reject you!" WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN. A protester shouts, interrupting Donald Trump as he speaks at his campaign event at the Nathan Hale High School on April 3, 2016. The protester began, "The people reject you!" https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-43.jpg BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump react to protesters during his speech at the Synergy Flight Center on March 13, 2016. Protests have become a regular feature of Donald Trump rallies, contributing in their way to the spectacle and circus-like environment. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump react to protesters during his speech at the Synergy Flight Center on March 13, 2016. Protests have become a regular feature of Donald Trump rallies, contributing in their way to the spectacle and circus-like environment. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-45.jpg BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter revels beside a much larger crowd of demonstrators outside the Synergy Flight Center as Republican front runner Donald Trump speaks on March 13, 2016. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. A Trump supporter revels beside a much larger crowd of demonstrators outside the Synergy Flight Center as Republican front runner Donald Trump speaks on March 13, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-48.jpg APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A protester is interviewed in front of the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel before Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks on March 30, 2016. APPLETON, WISCONSIN. A protester is interviewed in front of the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel before Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump speaks on March 30, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-46.jpg JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. Protesters outside a town hall featuring Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. Protesters outside a town hall featuring Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump at the Holiday Inn Express on March 29, 2016. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-01.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump wait in line on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus to hear Trump speak at an event scheduled for the early evening on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Supporters of Republican Presidential front runner Donald Trump wait in line on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus to hear Trump speak at an event scheduled for the early evening on March 11, 2016. Trump cancelled the event citing a request from the Chicago Police after scuffles broke out between his supporters and protesters, who had claimed a large number of the seats, before he was to speak, something the Chicago Police denied, which maintain they were ready to work the whole night. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/trumpistan-50.jpg APPLETON, WISCONSIN. Supporters of Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump photograph and taunt protesters demonstrating across the street from the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel before Trump speaks on March 30, 2016. APPLETON, WISCONSIN. Supporters of Republican Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump photograph and taunt protesters demonstrating across the street from the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel before Trump speaks on March 30, 2016. https://amandarivkin.com/chicago-police-torture-survivors monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture01.jpg PONTIAC, ILLINOIS. Alnoraindus Burton, a victim of torture under former police commander Jon Burge, at Pontiac Correctional Center on November 8, 2017. PONTIAC, ILLINOIS. Alnoraindus Burton, a victim of torture under former police commander Jon Burge, at Pontiac Correctional Center on November 8, 2017. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture02.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Mark Clements, a victim of Chicago police torture that occurred while Jon Burge was Commander, sits in a park in the South Loop on August 16, 2015. Clements was 16 when he was arrested, tortured and accused of arson and involvement in the death of four individuals inside the building where the fire occurred and convicted at 17 before serving 26 years for a crime he did not commit; while in initial detention, police beat a false confession out of him by striking him repeatedly and squeezing his genitals. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Mark Clements, a victim of Chicago police torture that occurred while Jon Burge was Commander, sits in a park in the South Loop on August 16, 2015. Clements was 16 when he was arrested, tortured and accused of arson and involvement in the death of four individuals inside the building where the fire occurred and convicted at 17 before serving 26 years for a crime he did not commit; while in initial detention, police beat a false confession out of him by striking him repeatedly and squeezing his genitals. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture03.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Darrell Cannon, a survivor of torture which included beating with a flashlight, Russian roulette, hanging by handcuffs on his wrists, a cattle prod to his testicles and penis, a shotgun pumped in his mouth, all while being verbally abused and repeatedly called the n-word in an abandoned area of the South Side in November of 1983, sits at Leona's restaurant in the Hyde Park neighborhood on June 26, 2016. Cannon spent 24 years wrongly incarcerated for the crime he confessed to after all the torture was committed against him, an act he calls "the most sadistic thing anyone has done to me in my whole life," based solely on the confession as there were no witnesses or nor evidence to support the confession. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Darrell Cannon, a survivor of torture which included beating with a flashlight, Russian roulette, hanging by handcuffs on his wrists, a cattle prod to his testicles and penis, a shotgun pumped in his mouth, all while being verbally abused and repeatedly called the n-word in an abandoned area of the South Side in November of 1983, sits at Leona's restaurant in the Hyde Park neighborhood on June 26, 2016. Cannon spent 24 years wrongly incarcerated for the crime he confessed to after all the torture was committed against him, an act he calls "the most sadistic thing anyone has done to me in my whole life," based solely on the confession as there were no witnesses or nor evidence to support the confession. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture04.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Anthony Holmes, a former Gangster Disciples leader and the first known victim of electrotorture carried out by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge after he returned from Vietnam and joined the Chicago Police force, in the living room of a cousin in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side on July 18, 2016. Holmes was severely electrotortured in 1973 until he confessed to a murder he says he did not commit; released from jail 30 years later long after statute of limitations expired, he works now as a newspaper delivery man. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Anthony Holmes, a former Gangster Disciples leader and the first known victim of electrotorture carried out by former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge after he returned from Vietnam and joined the Chicago Police force, in the living room of a cousin in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side on July 18, 2016. Holmes was severely electrotortured in 1973 until he confessed to a murder he says he did not commit; released from jail 30 years later long after statute of limitations expired, he works now as a newspaper delivery man. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture05.jpg VOSSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. Curtis Milsap, a survivor of police torture carried out by detectives working under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, sits in a wheelchair, the result of a car accident he had shortly after his release from being wrongfully incarcerated for about three years in the early 1990s, in the foyer of his home on June 22, 2016. Milsap was chained to a file cabinet by police and repeatedly kicked and punched, ultimately beaten so badly that he required six months of outpatient care for his testicles while in custody and awaiting trial due to the damage that resulted from the beating he endured and he is also a recipient of a $100,000 reparations check from the City of Chicago. VOSSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. Curtis Milsap, a survivor of police torture carried out by detectives working under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, sits in a wheelchair, the result of a car accident he had shortly after his release from being wrongfully incarcerated for about three years in the early 1990s, in the foyer of his home on June 22, 2016. Milsap was chained to a file cabinet by police and repeatedly kicked and punched, ultimately beaten so badly that he required six months of outpatient care for his testicles while in custody and awaiting trial due to the damage that resulted from the beating he endured and he is also a recipient of a $100,000 reparations check from the City of Chicago. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture06.jpg DIXON, ILLINOIS. Stanley Howard who was tortured by detectives working with former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge in the Dixon Correctional Center on April 24, 2018. DIXON, ILLINOIS. Stanley Howard who was tortured by detectives working with former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge in the Dixon Correctional Center on April 24, 2018. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture08.jpg MARKHAM, ILLINOIS. LC Riley, who was repeatedly punched, kicked in the ribs, stomach and face as well as hit with a phonebook while in custody at Area 2 in 1985 as detectives worked to successfully coerce a confession out of him for a murder robbery, in his living room on July 25, 2016. Riley spent 20 years in prison for a crime he said he did not do and believed it was retaliation for an earlier charge he successfully defeated in court. MARKHAM, ILLINOIS. LC Riley, who was repeatedly punched, kicked in the ribs, stomach and face as well as hit with a phonebook while in custody at Area 2 in 1985 as detectives worked to successfully coerce a confession out of him for a murder robbery, in his living room on July 25, 2016. Riley spent 20 years in prison for a crime he said he did not do and believed it was retaliation for an earlier charge he successfully defeated in court. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture10.jpg CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS. Stanley Wrice sits in the living room of the home he shares with his daughter and son-in-law on November 4, 2015. Wrice spent 31 years in jail for a crime he did not commit after a confession was extracted from him in 1982 by Chicago Police Area Two detectives using methods classified as torture. CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS. Stanley Wrice sits in the living room of the home he shares with his daughter and son-in-law on November 4, 2015. Wrice spent 31 years in jail for a crime he did not commit after a confession was extracted from him in 1982 by Chicago Police Area Two detectives using methods classified as torture. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture13.jpg ROBINSON, ILLINOIS. Marcus Wiggins, who was beaten and electrotortured by several Chicago Police detectives working under Commander Jon Burge at Area 3 in September 1991, sits in an administrative office of the Robinson Correctional Center on August 10, 2016. Wiggins received a $95,000 settlement which did not end his troubles as the same group of officers sought to pin two more murder cases on him, the first having been when he was tortured age 13, the second was thrown out of court by the judge who called the case flimsy and the third attempt of the same group of officers was successful when the case landed in front of Judge Dennis Dernbach, a former Assistant State's Attorney who worked on Area 2 cases when Burge was Commander there. ROBINSON, ILLINOIS. Marcus Wiggins, who was beaten and electrotortured by several Chicago Police detectives working under Commander Jon Burge at Area 3 in September 1991, sits in an administrative office of the Robinson Correctional Center on August 10, 2016. Wiggins received a $95,000 settlement which did not end his troubles as the same group of officers sought to pin two more murder cases on him, the first having been when he was tortured age 13, the second was thrown out of court by the judge who called the case flimsy and the third attempt of the same group of officers was successful when the case landed in front of Judge Dennis Dernbach, a former Assistant State's Attorney who worked on Area 2 cases when Burge was Commander there. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/chicagotorture14.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Marvin Reeves, 56, stands near the front of the house he bought for his daughter in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on November 29, 2015. Reeves purchased and renovated the house with money he received in settlement from the City of Chicago after a codefendant, Ronald Kitchen, and he were both tortured and Kitchen confessed to a crime both were innocent of; Reeves spent 21 years incarcerated from 1988-2009 for a South Side arson that killed two women and three children and had received five consecutive life sentences. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Marvin Reeves, 56, stands near the front of the house he bought for his daughter in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on November 29, 2015. Reeves purchased and renovated the house with money he received in settlement from the City of Chicago after a codefendant, Ronald Kitchen, and he were both tortured and Kitchen confessed to a crime both were innocent of; Reeves spent 21 years incarcerated from 1988-2009 for a South Side arson that killed two women and three children and had received five consecutive life sentences. https://amandarivkin.com/sustenance:-chicago-+-the-food-chain monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance28.jpg DIXON, ILLINOIS. A statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan looking at kernels of corn in his hand stands outside his boyhood home on April 5, 2015. A plaque underneath the statue notes "Illinois is famous for its agricultural products; so it seems appropriate for him to be admiring the kernels of corn in his hand." DIXON, ILLINOIS. A statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan looking at kernels of corn in his hand stands outside his boyhood home on April 5, 2015. A plaque underneath the statue notes "Illinois is famous for its agricultural products; so it seems appropriate for him to be admiring the kernels of corn in his hand." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance04.jpg MENDOTA, ILLINOIS. The lattice of the ladders and silos storing corn and soy at Northern Partners Cooperative on December 26, 2014. Corn and soy are the two main crops grown in the state of Illinois; corn and soy grown in the Illinois River Valley is shipped down the Illinois River, which flows into the Mississippi River before being sent on barges to world markets through the ports of Louisiana. MENDOTA, ILLINOIS. The lattice of the ladders and silos storing corn and soy at Northern Partners Cooperative on December 26, 2014. Corn and soy are the two main crops grown in the state of Illinois; corn and soy grown in the Illinois River Valley is shipped down the Illinois River, which flows into the Mississippi River before being sent on barges to world markets through the ports of Louisiana. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance33.jpg CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS. Cliff McConville, 52, moves the chicken houses each morning so the chickens can fertilize different sections of land at the Barrington Natural Farms in the Brunner Family Forest Preserve on July 30, 2015. McConville worked for years in downtown Chicago in the insurance industry, a one and a half hour commute each way, before discovering late in life he likes being around "happy animals," so after reading much about it, he began organic farming and works a few hours a day from home in the insurance business. CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS. Cliff McConville, 52, moves the chicken houses each morning so the chickens can fertilize different sections of land at the Barrington Natural Farms in the Brunner Family Forest Preserve on July 30, 2015. McConville worked for years in downtown Chicago in the insurance industry, a one and a half hour commute each way, before discovering late in life he likes being around "happy animals," so after reading much about it, he began organic farming and works a few hours a day from home in the insurance business. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance08.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fred Daniels, 31, the site manager of Growing Home, a community-based agriculture project, adjusts the row cover inside one of the facility's hoop houses where a range of root and leaf vegetables are grown in the high crime Englewood neighborhood on December 22, 2014. Englewood is one of the neighborhoods most hard hit by violent crime year after year in Chicago but has not avoided the healthier food fashion, with the national organic grocery retail chain Whole Foods announcing that it will be opening a store in the neighborhood at 61st Street and Halsted. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fred Daniels, 31, the site manager of Growing Home, a community-based agriculture project, adjusts the row cover inside one of the facility's hoop houses where a range of root and leaf vegetables are grown in the high crime Englewood neighborhood on December 22, 2014. Englewood is one of the neighborhoods most hard hit by violent crime year after year in Chicago but has not avoided the healthier food fashion, with the national organic grocery retail chain Whole Foods announcing that it will be opening a store in the neighborhood at 61st Street and Halsted. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance32.jpg CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS. A cornfield in the Brunner Family Forest Preserve on July 30, 2015. Corn and soy are the only crops a farmer can insure with the federal government in the state of Illinois. CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS. A cornfield in the Brunner Family Forest Preserve on July 30, 2015. Corn and soy are the only crops a farmer can insure with the federal government in the state of Illinois. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance06.jpg SPRING VALLEY, ILLINOIS. A barge sits on Illinois River to be loaded with corn and soy at the Cargill riverside facility on January 9, 2014. SPRING VALLEY, ILLINOIS. A barge sits on Illinois River to be loaded with corn and soy at the Cargill riverside facility on January 9, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance34.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Workers prepare for morning pick-ups at the loading dock of Cougle Wholesale Poultry and Meats in the Fulton Market meatpacking district of the West Loop on December 22, 2014. Cougle is a niche processor, processing poultry and meat on a scale that fits mid-market needs. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Workers prepare for morning pick-ups at the loading dock of Cougle Wholesale Poultry and Meats in the Fulton Market meatpacking district of the West Loop on December 22, 2014. Cougle is a niche processor, processing poultry and meat on a scale that fits mid-market needs. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance35.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Pedestrians walk by the Lyric Opera House where the James Beard Foundation Awards, "the Oscars for food," is being held on May 4, 2015. For the first time in the foundation's 25 year history, the awards were held in Chicago which has become a major "foodie" capital in the United States. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Pedestrians walk by the Lyric Opera House where the James Beard Foundation Awards, "the Oscars for food," is being held on May 4, 2015. For the first time in the foundation's 25 year history, the awards were held in Chicago which has become a major "foodie" capital in the United States. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance36.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Employees of Gourmet Gorilla pull baked chicken from an oven in the kitchen in the West Town neighborhood on February 12, 2015. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Employees of Gourmet Gorilla pull baked chicken from an oven in the kitchen in the West Town neighborhood on February 12, 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance37.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A clerk sweeps near the entrance at the end of the produce section at Central Park Produce at 3604 W. Division in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on January 5, 2015. AT Central Park Produce, a gallon of milk is $3.79, a carton of eggs is $1.99, a pound of ground beef is $3.79, a can of tuna is 99 cents, and a loaf of bread is 99 cents. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A clerk sweeps near the entrance at the end of the produce section at Central Park Produce at 3604 W. Division in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on January 5, 2015. AT Central Park Produce, a gallon of milk is $3.79, a carton of eggs is $1.99, a pound of ground beef is $3.79, a can of tuna is 99 cents, and a loaf of bread is 99 cents. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance13.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Workers in the dairy section of the Save-A-Lot at 10700 S. Halsted in the Morgan Park neighborhood on January 2, 2015. At this Save-A-Lot location, a gallon of milk costs $3.29, a carton of eggs costs $2.49, a pound of ground beef costs $2.99, a can of tuna costs 79 cents and a loaf of bread costs $1.29. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Workers in the dairy section of the Save-A-Lot at 10700 S. Halsted in the Morgan Park neighborhood on January 2, 2015. At this Save-A-Lot location, a gallon of milk costs $3.29, a carton of eggs costs $2.49, a pound of ground beef costs $2.99, a can of tuna costs 79 cents and a loaf of bread costs $1.29. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance14.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Groceries behind bulletproof glass at We Serve Food Mart at 10857 S. Halsted in the Roseland neighborhood on January 2, 2015. At the We Serve Food Mart, a gallon of milk costs $3.49, a carton of eggs costs $1.49, a can of tuna costs $1.49 and a load of bread costs $1.25 and ground beef was unavailable at the time. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Groceries behind bulletproof glass at We Serve Food Mart at 10857 S. Halsted in the Roseland neighborhood on January 2, 2015. At the We Serve Food Mart, a gallon of milk costs $3.49, a carton of eggs costs $1.49, a can of tuna costs $1.49 and a load of bread costs $1.25 and ground beef was unavailable at the time. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance27.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Sara Hamdan of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) stands in front of Alot To Save Food at 1207 W. 63rd Street in the Englewood neighborhood on January 5, 2015. IMAN works with corner store owners in low income neighborhoods to provide customer and storeowner alike with fresh fruit and produce. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Sara Hamdan of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) stands in front of Alot To Save Food at 1207 W. 63rd Street in the Englewood neighborhood on January 5, 2015. IMAN works with corner store owners in low income neighborhoods to provide customer and storeowner alike with fresh fruit and produce. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance10.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. An administrative worker makes her way to her office passing workers in the food storage area of the four year old $30 million warehouse that is home to the Greater Chicago Food Depository's administrative offices and storage in the Archer Heights warehouse district near Midway Airport on December 23, 2014. One hundred and sixty people are employed by the organization which moves sixty seven million pounds of food annually to feed a significant portion of the 812,000 residents of Cook County who require food assistance. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. An administrative worker makes her way to her office passing workers in the food storage area of the four year old $30 million warehouse that is home to the Greater Chicago Food Depository's administrative offices and storage in the Archer Heights warehouse district near Midway Airport on December 23, 2014. One hundred and sixty people are employed by the organization which moves sixty seven million pounds of food annually to feed a significant portion of the 812,000 residents of Cook County who require food assistance. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance21.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The Greater Chicago Food Depository runs the Healthy Kids Market which distributes nutritious foods and basic essentials to qualifying parents from the cafeteria of the Calmeca Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language School in the Brighton Park neighborhood on January 15, 2015. One in six Chicagoans requires food assistance. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The Greater Chicago Food Depository runs the Healthy Kids Market which distributes nutritious foods and basic essentials to qualifying parents from the cafeteria of the Calmeca Academy of Fine Arts and Dual Language School in the Brighton Park neighborhood on January 15, 2015. One in six Chicagoans requires food assistance. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance39.jpg URBANA, ILLINOIS. Alex Warner, 10, of Rantoul, Illinois waits to show his angus cow "Little Rascal" at the Champaign County Fair on July 30, 2015. Summer is county fair season and in Illinois, that means food, 4H, and the midway; Warner's angus cow placed first in the lightweight class of angus cow. URBANA, ILLINOIS. Alex Warner, 10, of Rantoul, Illinois waits to show his angus cow "Little Rascal" at the Champaign County Fair on July 30, 2015. Summer is county fair season and in Illinois, that means food, 4H, and the midway; Warner's angus cow placed first in the lightweight class of angus cow. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance24.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Matthew Peters, 17, reflected in a goldfish basin while examining a a plant he grew in the aguaponics lab at Lane Tech High School on March 19, 2015. Lane Tech, a Chicago Public High School, has cultivated the program with support from the Century Foundation and the school's alumni association as well as donations from Brew and Grow and Home Depot. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Matthew Peters, 17, reflected in a goldfish basin while examining a a plant he grew in the aguaponics lab at Lane Tech High School on March 19, 2015. Lane Tech, a Chicago Public High School, has cultivated the program with support from the Century Foundation and the school's alumni association as well as donations from Brew and Grow and Home Depot. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance18.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fourth graders in Ms. Ramirez's class pass around a cabbage from the family-owned DeGroot Farms at the Nathanael Greene Elementary School in the McKinley Park neighborhood on December 19, 2014. DeGroot Farms sells to Aramark which in turn has a contract to serve Chicago Public Schools. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fourth graders in Ms. Ramirez's class pass around a cabbage from the family-owned DeGroot Farms at the Nathanael Greene Elementary School in the McKinley Park neighborhood on December 19, 2014. DeGroot Farms sells to Aramark which in turn has a contract to serve Chicago Public Schools. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rivkin_sustenance20.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Students at the Galapagos School help design a healthy school lunch that meets various federal government nutritional and budgetary criteria with representatives from Gourmet Gorilla during an interactive presentation on building healthy school lunches at their school in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on February 12, 2015. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Students at the Galapagos School help design a healthy school lunch that meets various federal government nutritional and budgetary criteria with representatives from Gourmet Gorilla during an interactive presentation on building healthy school lunches at their school in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on February 12, 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance20.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fifth graders in Ms. Heidy's class enjoy their school lunch in the cafeteria at the Nathanael Greene Elementary School in the McKinley Park neighborhood on December 19, 2014. All but one student in Ms. Heidy's class receives food assistance in the form of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP, which includes a free lunch. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Fifth graders in Ms. Heidy's class enjoy their school lunch in the cafeteria at the Nathanael Greene Elementary School in the McKinley Park neighborhood on December 19, 2014. All but one student in Ms. Heidy's class receives food assistance in the form of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP, which includes a free lunch. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance23.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A student at the Galapagos School, a charter school, walks home with half a melon left at the end of an interactive presentation on building healthy school lunches in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois on February 12, 2015. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A student at the Galapagos School, a charter school, walks home with half a melon left at the end of an interactive presentation on building healthy school lunches in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois on February 12, 2015. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/sustenance40.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Melody Miller of St. Paul, Minnesota cooks jerk chicken and turkey legs over the grill during the back-to-school Bud Biliken Day Parade and Picnic, an annual tradition on the South Side, in Washington Park on August 9, 2015. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Melody Miller of St. Paul, Minnesota cooks jerk chicken and turkey legs over the grill during the back-to-school Bud Biliken Day Parade and Picnic, an annual tradition on the South Side, in Washington Park on August 9, 2015. https://amandarivkin.com/portraits monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/obama_moneyshot.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Democrat Barack Obama waves to his supporters in Grant Park, Chicago through bullet proof glass after winning the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican John McCain, to become the 44th U.S. president on November 4, 2008. Obama gave his victory speech to a crowd of just over 200,000 supporters. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Democrat Barack Obama waves to his supporters in Grant Park, Chicago through bullet proof glass after winning the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican John McCain, to become the 44th U.S. president on November 4, 2008. Obama gave his victory speech to a crowd of just over 200,000 supporters. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/BLAGO_day04.jpg SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares notes in his final act in the governor's office in Springfield before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares notes in his final act in the governor's office in Springfield before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkeyuprising39.jpg SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. SINCAN, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a crowd of supporters after more than two weeks straight of protests across Turkey against his rule on June 15, 2013. Sincan is the site of the 1997 "post-modern coup" and where Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose for his Ankara rally to bolster his position with regard to ongoing protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square and across Turkey; at his rally he said that the security services would promptly take care of the protesters and shortly after riot police were unleashed on the peacefully gathered demonstrators who quickly retook the square. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turkey01.jpg ERZURUM, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan departs a political rally in support of the September 12 referendum which would change the nature of the country's constitutional court to solidify the hold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the pretext that it would prevent future military coups, in Turkey's conservative far northeast on August 13, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. ERZURUM, TURKEY. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan departs a political rally in support of the September 12 referendum which would change the nature of the country's constitutional court to solidify the hold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the pretext that it would prevent future military coups, in Turkey's conservative far northeast on August 13, 2010. Erzurum is the first major city near the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline in Turkey, located just 10 kilometers from the pipeline which traverses numerous villages near the city's airport. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_0800.jpg VESKIMÄE, ESTONIA. Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on his mother's farm which was left to ruins during Soviet occupation that he purchased and restored following the fall of the Soviet Union on June 26, 2023. VESKIMÄE, ESTONIA. Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on his mother's farm which was left to ruins during Soviet occupation that he purchased and restored following the fall of the Soviet Union on June 26, 2023. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/rnc08_forweb38.jpg SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. Henry Kissinger with the Texas delegation at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at the XCel Center on day four, September 4, 2008. SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. Henry Kissinger with the Texas delegation at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at the XCel Center on day four, September 4, 2008. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/ibrahimov_fornytmag02.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. (Center) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, an Azerbaijani oligarch and billionaire, talks on his cell phone at the breakfast table while seated between his wife (at left) Valida Ibrahimli and son Huseyn, 18, in one of several houses on his Caspian seaside property he used to inhabit with his family in the Garadagh region just southwest of Baku, Azerbaijan on July 18, 2012. Ibrahimov is the developer behind the Khazar Islands artificial islands project; in his private life, he enjoys building a home for his family, moving in, and then quickly tires of the property before building a new home on an adjacent lot on his seaside lands. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times Magazine) BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. (Center) Ibrahim Ibrahimov, an Azerbaijani oligarch and billionaire, talks on his cell phone at the breakfast table while seated between his wife (at left) Valida Ibrahimli and son Huseyn, 18, in one of several houses on his Caspian seaside property he used to inhabit with his family in the Garadagh region just southwest of Baku, Azerbaijan on July 18, 2012. Ibrahimov is the developer behind the Khazar Islands artificial islands project; in his private life, he enjoys building a home for his family, moving in, and then quickly tires of the property before building a new home on an adjacent lot on his seaside lands. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin/VII Mentor Program for The New York Times Magazine) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/azwomen35.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Emin Milli, a blogger and opposition activist heavily championed by the West who was imprisoned for 17 months on hooliganism charges following a video he made satirizing his country's leadership, remarries for the second time a painter Tora Agabekova following his divorce from a previous marriage earlier this year after being released from prison on November 12, 2011. To Emin's right is Adnan Hajizade, who served with him in jail and now serves as a witness at his wedding. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Emin Milli, a blogger and opposition activist heavily championed by the West who was imprisoned for 17 months on hooliganism charges following a video he made satirizing his country's leadership, remarries for the second time a painter Tora Agabekova following his divorce from a previous marriage earlier this year after being released from prison on November 12, 2011. To Emin's right is Adnan Hajizade, who served with him in jail and now serves as a witness at his wedding. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc14.jpg ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. ALAKHI SANGORI, GEORGIA. Mariam Aptsiauri and her husband Anzori Aptsiauri in their home on August 1, 2010. While the Aptsiauris have received nothing yet in compensation for having the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline traverse their farmlands, destroying the possibility for continued agricultural production there because of damage to the topsoil and live in poverty, their neighbor Gia Obgaidze is likely the largest recipient of compensation funds in Georgia, which he used to start a chicken farm in addition to remodeling his home; according to an attorney who formerly handled compensation issues with the Young Lawyers Association, Obgaidze likely received 187,000 Georgian lari or approximately $100,000. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/btc02.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Young girls dress themselves appropriately for prayer upon entering the Shi'a Icherishahar Djuma Masjid or Innercity Mosque for Friday prayers in the old city on July 2, 2010. Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. Young girls dress themselves appropriately for prayer upon entering the Shi'a Icherishahar Djuma Masjid or Innercity Mosque for Friday prayers in the old city on July 2, 2010. Viewed as "the wrong message" by the ruling regime of Ilham Aliyev, Islam has been shunned in favor of opulence and materialism for the elite and the imam of the Icherishahar Djuma Masjid was replaced after dalliances with the opposition in 2005, the time of the last major civil disturbances, and Iranian-style clericalism; the wider effect in Azeri society of the corruption that resulted from the second oil boom of the 1990s has left the society of the elite with great wealth but an absence of moral leadership, yet few have turned to Islam for answers. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/azwomen01.jpg BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A young dancer participates in Azerbaijan's Ballroom Dancing National Finals at a wedding palace in the Surakhani District on November 27, 2011. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN. A young dancer participates in Azerbaijan's Ballroom Dancing National Finals at a wedding palace in the Surakhani District on November 27, 2011. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/maidanheroes09.jpg REFAT, 19 Refat, 19, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, sits on his hospital bed at the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Ukraine on April 8, 2014. Refat was shot in the left knee by a sniper on February 20, 2014 while trying to maintain a line of soldiers on orders and had the lower part of his left leg amputated from above the knee. "We had orders to stand in the line. In the morning, it was quite calm and silent and then the protesters started to attack and they threw a grenade and I walked away from there and then I felt a sniper's bullet in my knee. It was the morning of February 20 and we were unarmed. I was standing with just a shield. That morning there was shooting from both sides. The criminal case is still open and nobody knows why they were shooting. I blame the president. I want a normal president and stability to come to Ukraine. I want to stay in Kiev and enter the main university and study law. I want to become a prosecutor. I want things to be calm here in Ukraine." -Refat REFAT, 19 Refat, 19, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, sits on his hospital bed at the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, Ukraine on April 8, 2014. Refat was shot in the left knee by a sniper on February 20, 2014 while trying to maintain a line of soldiers on orders and had the lower part of his left leg amputated from above the knee. "We had orders to stand in the line. In the morning, it was quite calm and silent and then the protesters started to attack and they threw a grenade and I walked away from there and then I felt a sniper's bullet in my knee. It was the morning of February 20 and we were unarmed. I was standing with just a shield. That morning there was shooting from both sides. The criminal case is still open and nobody knows why they were shooting. I blame the president. I want a normal president and stability to come to Ukraine. I want to stay in Kiev and enter the main university and study law. I want to become a prosecutor. I want things to be calm here in Ukraine." -Refat https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/cyprus17.jpg NICOSIA, CYPRUS. Stavros Agriotis, a Cypriot financial services executive, is seen in his home office on March 28, 2013. NICOSIA, CYPRUS. Stavros Agriotis, a Cypriot financial services executive, is seen in his home office on March 28, 2013. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/portrait_marykaylady.jpg CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mary Kay saleswoman stands beside her Mary Kay white Chevrolet Malibu in the parking lot of the Cavalier Inn on June 4, 2012. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. Mary Kay saleswoman stands beside her Mary Kay white Chevrolet Malibu in the parking lot of the Cavalier Inn on June 4, 2012. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/DSC_5103.jpg BERN, SWITZERLAND. Irina Venediktova, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Switzerland and the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in the Ukrainian Embassy on February 21, 2023. BERN, SWITZERLAND. Irina Venediktova, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Switzerland and the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in the Ukrainian Embassy on February 21, 2023. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/cabrini01.jpg CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Grant Newburger, 50, a supporter of Bob Avakian's Revolutionary Communist Party, in his apartment at 1230 N. Burling, a Cabrini Green high rise, on the corner of North Halsted and Division Streets on Chicago's Near North Side, December 18, 2007. Newburger has lived and worked as a community organizer at the once notorious and now partially demolished Cabrini Green since 1996, fighting the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation." CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Grant Newburger, 50, a supporter of Bob Avakian's Revolutionary Communist Party, in his apartment at 1230 N. Burling, a Cabrini Green high rise, on the corner of North Halsted and Division Streets on Chicago's Near North Side, December 18, 2007. Newburger has lived and worked as a community organizer at the once notorious and now partially demolished Cabrini Green since 1996, fighting the Chicago Housing Authority's "Plan for Transformation." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk07.jpg BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. BELGRADE, SERBIA. Jelena Karleusa arrives in custom Versace according to her Instagram ahead of a concert on the splav, or barge, River on the night of July 3, 2015. Karleusa is the lone turbofolk star who has been outspoken on the issue of gay rights and many of her looks have been copied by the likes of Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and Kim Kardashian; in an e-mail Karleusa declared she doesn't sing turbofolk music, despite having deep roots in the industry and coming up through the same television channels, venues and other mechanisms used to promote turbofolk, but refused repeated requests to clarify the description of her music. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/turbofolk05.jpg NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. NIS, SERBIA. Vladislava Djuric, 30, holds her nationally famous icon of Svetlana Raznatovic, better known as Ceca, which garnered national headlines after pictures went viral of it taken during a student exhibition at Djuric's university, on July 10, 2015. Ceca, a turbofolk star better known as "the Mother of Serbia," was married to one of the Bosnian War's most notorious Serbian military commanders, Arkan, who was later assassinated, and was one of a rotating cast of turbofolk stars who gave daily concerts in Belgrade's Republic Square during the 1999 NATO bombing. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfae2643/images/bosnia04.jpg SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Architect Ivan Straus, 86, one of the star architects of the former Yugoslavia responsible for designing the Holiday Inn Sarajevo as well as Sarajevo's Twin Towers, sits in his living room at the dining room table on October 13, 2014. https://amandarivkin.com/tearsheets monthly 0.8