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Robert Atanasovski
AFP photographer based in Skopje.
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The city hidden underneath

Wednesday 3 January 2018

"When I want a breath of fresh air in the winter, I head out of my city, the Macedonian capital of Skopje, and up to the surrounding hills," writes Robert Atanasovski, a photographer based in the city.

"It used to be that I would see nothing but a blanket of pollution-choked clouds. But now that a few skyscrapers are going up, you get a sense that there is a city hidden underneath."

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AFP / Robert Atanasovski

The color of ire

Friday 17 June 2016

"It’s been some two months since the color protests started here," writes Skopje-based photographer Robert Atanasovski.

"They began by demonstrations downtown, with protesters whistling and chanting anti-government slogans. At some point, the protesters started to throw eggs and paint-filled balloons at government buildings. And that’s how our 'Colorful Revolution' was born."

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AFP Photo / Robert Atanasovski

Cycling to a better life

Thursday 11 June 2015

"We have our fair share of problems here in Macedonia. The country is in deep political crisis," writes the photographer Robert Atanasovski. "Alongside this another crisis, a humanitarian one, is playing out day by day on the main road running north to south through the country, along the Vardar valley."

"For thousands of destitute people, the road is a passageway towards what they hope will be a better life in one of the countries of the European Union."

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