Tom Stoddart's War-Torn Sarajevo in Black and White
Published on 7.8.25
Renowned photographer Tom Stoddart, who passed away in November 2021, left behind a profound archive of war-torn Sarajevo during the Bosnian conflict. His photographs, such as those taken on "Sniper Alley" and at a shattered window in Dobrinja, capture the horrors of war while also conveying the resilience of the human spirit. Stoddart's work is characterized by its stark contrast between the brutality of war and the beauty of humanity, as quoted by Canadian photographer Ted Grant: "If you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes, but if you photograph in black and white, you photograph their souls."