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Albania Chaos 1997 { 30 images } Created 1 Mar 2010

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  • Tirana, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Poverty in Albania is third world style, as the city garbage dump is full of scavengers who live there. Many of the scavengers are children.
    01_albania_1997.jpg
  • Karbunara, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
"The Iron Forest" is a vast landscape of oil drilling rigs across a flat plain. They function at the lowest capacity and pump only the lowest grade of oil. It is one of the few industries functioning in Albania today.
    02_albania_1997.jpg
  • Karbunara, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
"The Iron Forest" is a vast landscape of oil drilling rigs across a flat plain. They function at the lowest capacity and pump only the lowest grade of oil. It is one of the few industries functioning in Albania today.
    03_albania_1997.jpg
  • Gradisht, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
People who have moved from the poor conditions of the north into housing originally built for political internment. There is only running water outside. All of the residents lost money on the pyramid schemes.
    04_albania_1997.jpg
  • Shequisht, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Albania was fundamentally an agricultural country during the years of communism. Today private farmers cannot afford the price of machinery so most of the land is not farmed. The pile boxes are everywhere in the country.
    05_albania_1997.jpg
  • Sector Adriatic, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Housing intended for political internment is now occupied by poor Albanians who have moved from the northern regions, which is even more impoverished. All of the people in the complex lost money in the pyramids.
    06_albania_1997.jpg
  • Sector Adriatic, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
School in an old barn which is part of a former political internment camp in an area know as "The Dead Lands". Even the instructors wear coats to stay warm. Many of the students have no books.
    07_albania_1997.jpg
  • Sector Adriatic, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
School in an old barn which is part of a former political internment camp in an area know as "The Dead Lands". Even the instructors wear coats to stay warm. Many of the students have no books.
    08_albania_1997.jpg
  • Gradisht, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
People who have moved from the poor conditions of the north into housing originally built for political internment. There is only running water outside. All of the residents lost money on the pyramid schemes.
    09_albania_1997.jpg
  • Sector Adriatic, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
An old woman decorates her home with the little she has. She lives in a housing complex building originally as a political interment camp during the communist years. She has a color TV and satellite dish.
    10_albania_1997.jpg
  • Sector Adriatic, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Housing intended for political internment is now occupied by poor Albanians who have moved from the northern regions, which is even more impoverished. All of the people in the complex lost money in the pyramids.
    11_albania_1997.jpg
  • Fier, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Demonstrators break through police lines while protesting against the government after most of the country lost much of its savings in a failed pyramid scheme. They are calling for the government to step down.
    12_albania_1997.jpg
  • Fier, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Demonstrators march through the streets demanding that the government step down. The man atop the crowd waves an Albanian flag and swings a leek (the main food of the poor Albanian).
    13_albania_1997.jpg
  • Fier, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Demonstrators march through the streets demanding that the government step down. The man atop the crowd waves an Albanian flag and swings a leek (the main food of the poor Albanian).
    14_albania_1997.jpg
  • Lushnje, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Albanian President Sali Berisha speaks in a city torn apart by demonstrators after the collapse of an investment pyramid. The residents of this town had taken the Vice Prime Minister hostage for several days.
    15_albania_1997.jpg
  • Lushnje, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Albanian President Sali Berisha speaks in a city torn apart by demonstrators after the collapse of an investment pyramid. The residents of this town had taken the Vice Prime Minister hostage for several days.
    16_albania_1997.jpg
  • Tirana, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
People crowd into the Albanian Savings Bank to receive up 60% refunds on their original investments after the pyramid scheme they invested in failed. The process is very slow and frustrating.
    17_albania_1997.jpg
  • Tirana, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
People crowd into the Albanian Savings Bank to receive up 60% refunds on their original investments after the pyramid scheme they invested in failed. The process is very slow and frustrating.
    18_albania_1997.jpg
  • Tirana, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
People crowd outside the banks of the capital in hopes of getting in and recovering their money lost in the failed pyramid schemes. The processing of any refunds is slow and frustrating.
    19_albania_1997.jpg
  • Kruje, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
At the entrance to the northern city of Kruje, dozens of heavily armed men appear at a check point. They claim to be working with the police but it is unclear if they are police or bandits.
    20_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    21_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    22_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    23_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    24_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    25_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    26_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Mafia gunmen control the entrance to a pier where a small ship was to take Albanians paying from $250 to $500 to a larger ship, which will go to Italy. The gunmen fired wildly into the air & screamed at the crowds to stay back.
    27_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Hundreds of Albanians, hoping to get a boat across the channel to Italy, steal two boats that were sitting on the port. First they dump them in the water and then they swim to it filling it up. They paddle to sea with small wooden sticks.
    28_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Hundreds of Albanians, hoping to get a boat across the channel to Italy, steal two boats that were sitting on the port. First they dump them in the water and then they swim to it filling it up. They paddle to sea with small wooden sticks.
    29_albania_1997.jpg
  • Durres, Albania<br />
February 1997<br />
<br />
Hundreds of Albanians, hoping to get a boat across the channel to Italy, steal two boats that were sitting on the port. First they dump them in the water and then they swim to it filling it up. They paddle to sea with small wooden sticks.
    30_albania_1997.jpg