Ukraine, Zatoka. A female tourist, holding a rented snake, poses for a photograph on a beach in front of a plastic palm tree in the inexpensive Black Sea resort destination of Zatoka. © Petrut Calinescu
Ukraine, Zatoka. Tourists eat lunch in a canteen in Zatoka, a Black Sea resort destination in Ukraine popular with Moldovians. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Ochamchira, Abkhazia. Nina (front) and her daughter fish from a concrete jetty. They need the fish to supplement their meagre diet. Nina get 50 euro from her state pension. She used to work in a local fish canning factory but it was destroyed in the separatist war of 1992-1993 when Abkhazia effectively seceded from Georgia. © Petrut Calinescu
Costinesti, Black Sea, Romania. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Sukhumi, Abkhazia. A woman looks into a mirror as she sits on the beach next to the Black Sea. Behind her lies the wreck of a Tanzanian ship that was stranded on the shore during a storm in 2007. © Petrut Calinescu
Russia, Kalej. Tourists dance on the stage during a break in a folk show depicting the traditions of the Circassian people. In the villages between Sochi and Djubga there are numerous such places offering Russian tourists an 'authentic' experience of Circassian history and culture. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Sukhumi, Abkhazia. A tourist holds onto a bear which is being led by a hawker who offers tourists the opportunity to have their picture taken with the bear. Children pet the bear enthusiastically. © Petrut Calinescu
Turkey, Igneada. An empty outdoor cafe in the Igneada resort on the Black Sea. © Petrut Calinescu
Pistsunda, Abkhzia. Underwater Scene. © Petrut Calinescu
Gagauzia, Moldova republic. Gagauz ethnic people are dancing at a wedding. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Sukhumi, Abkhazia. Tourists view and photograph monkeys in cages at the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy in Sukhumi. The centre was the first place to conduct primate testing in the world. Today the rundown institute mainly serves as a makeshift zoo for tourists. © Petrut Calinescu
Azerbaijan, Sumgait. A man swims with his horse in the Caspian Sea on a very hot day in Sumgait. © Petrut Calinescu
Gagra, Abkhazia. A man lies on a towel on the pebble beach at Gagra, the busiest seaside resort in Abkhazia. Dark clouds gather over the mountains in the distance. Gagra is a mere 20 kilometres from the Russian border. © Petrut Calinescu
Crimea, Sevastopol. Three young women sunbathe at the edge of a run-down Soviet era housing estate by the Black Sea. © Petrut Calinescu
Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh. A young man, with a cat, looks out of the window of his mother's apartment in Shusha during his last summer holiday before joining the Military School in Yerevan. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is a de facto independent republic which is not recognized internationally. © Petrut Calinescu
Turkey, Trebizond. A couple stand next to a VW Camper van on a cliff overlooking the Black Sea. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Ochamchira, Abkhazia. A man sits on a towel on a beach. In the background a construction project, which was destroyed in the war between Abkhazia and Georgia in 1992-1993, is visible. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Pitsunda, Abkhazia. A man uses his shoes to swim in the Black Sea near Pitsunda. © Petrut Calinescu
Turkey, Kiyikoy Eczanesi. A crowd of cats wait for scraps outside a fisherman's cottage. © Petrut Calinescu
Romania, Tulcea, Danube Delta. Bread and fried fish, the main meal of the day in Ceatalchioi village. © Petrut Calinescu
Georgia, Pitsunda, Abkhazia. A man swims in the Black Sea near Pitsunda. © Petrut Calinescu