via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/somalilands-long-game
He told me, “In all of these places, people accept their position in the world: We are here, no one will recognize us, but we are just going to keep our heads down. Maybe one day it will happen; there’s an outlook of it being a long game that they are playing. They are convinced that they are right to break away. Waiting has hardened their belief of righteousness.”
Narayan Mahon documented breakaway states that go unrecognized by the international community. In doing so he went from idealist to world weary.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/new-nations-living-in-limbo/
There are corners of the globe where breakaway countries exist in geopolitical purgatory, embraced by their would-be leaders yet unrecognized by the international community. And Narayan Mahon wanted to document them.
There are corners of the globe where breakaway countries exist in geopolitical purgatory, embraced by their would-be leaders yet unrecognized by the international community.
And Narayan Mahon wanted to document them.