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Bombs, famine, and an in-country battle between Saudi and Iran-backed groups have ravaged the historic nation of Yemen in recent years. In turn, photographer Moises Saman has focused on showing how the people targeted for such brutality have been able to go on.
These outtakes from the project, like the one above of children in Sanaa’s Old City, look as if they are from another age. Moises’s hope is that readers and viewers will understand that these are just people caught in terrible circumstances—and trying their best to endure, if not prevail.
“Time and space seem to move at a slower pace in Yemen,” Moises tells us. Despite the war, “in some places, entire communities still live and work, much in the same way as their ancestors.”
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