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Moldova: Silent Land
Asa Sjöström

Moldova: Silent Land

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Created
Sep 28, 2015
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
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Sunflowerboy: At home in a valley of sunflowers young boy Benjamin Gradinari spends a lot of his time working and playing. It´s strikingly beautiful and a big contrast to life itself. Moldova's poverty and lack of jobs forces families to be apart in search of a better life.
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Cristina Gradinari, 6, shares her dreams with her teddy bear. Also, as soon as she's not in the fields, she makes sure to dress herself like a princess.
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A swing ride at the Dniestr river, at the beach resort Vadul-lui-Voda.
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Blowing bubbles: Summer invites to play and the family is gathered, Benjamin and Christina are blowing bubbles and prefer to be indoors to escape the heat. Almost everything the Gradinari family eats is either home-grown or produced on the farm. They milk the cows and breed nutria for meat. It's hard work for young hands. When the watermelons ripen, the children take turns to sleep out in the fiel
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Joseph Gradinari is 14 years old. He spends a lot of his time working and sleeping but occasionally he finds a moment to chat with friends on his smartphone.
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Twins: We like everything the same, we share the same dreams and love to watch Korean movies together. Five years ago we lost our older sister, we grieve for her and miss her, but now she is our guarding angel. Carina and Michaela Dumitraseiue don´t see any future in Moldova, they share the same dream of a better life in Italy.
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An old parasol stands at a beach resort. The resort lies on the border between Moldova and the autonomous region of Transnistria—yet people from both areas mix freely here.
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Maria and Cristina Gradinari outside their house. Their garden is a small farm with ducks, nutria, two cows and a couple of guard dogs.
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Apartment building lit up by lightning. Tiraspol, Transnistria.
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Natasa Gradinari is 19 years old. She no longer works (an "early retirement") because of a childhood accident. After surgery, doctors told her there was nothing more that could be done. She doesn't believe them—her dream is to move to Italy to find work. Her friend recently bought her a ticket to Vienna, so she could go on a two week vacation.
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