Chechen Fighters, Contact Sheet, Grozny, Chechen Republic (Russia), 1995

Photo by Christopher Morris / VII. Chechen Fighters, Contact Sheet, Grozny, Chechen Republic (Russia), 1995.

From the photographer: ”At that moment in time there was not a more dangerous place on earth. Here in the final days of defending the Presidential Palace from an all out Russian assault. This Chechen fighter makes a break to escape out the front door of the palace, while his colleague covers him."

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VII was created in 2001 by seven of the world’s leading photojournalists. Renowned for the quality of its photography, the group’s collective archive of over 100,000 images is an iconic summary of the defining landmarks of the late Twentieth Century and it continues to grow as the new Millennium develops.

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