Albania

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Welcome to Albania, Land of Bunkers.

Pogradec

Elbasan

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Kids riding the rocket ships, street, Hotel Skampa.

Tiranë

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Skanderbeg statue in Skanderbeg Square.

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Mosque of Ethem Bey.

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Enver Hoxha's house.

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Former Hoxha museum. The American Consulate library is there now.

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Around town.

Durrës

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Suela's goat. I stayed with this family for a couple of days.

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Januz putting an addition on his house.

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Me with Januz and his family.

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Dinner at Januz's house.

Vlorë

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An Islamic center.

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I was passing by this restaurant, where a wedding reception was being held, and they invited me in.

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Flower market.

Berat

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View of Berat.

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Bus Station.

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At the National Folk Festival. This festival used to be held every five years in Gjirokaster, Hoxha's home town, but was discontinued when communism collapsed. I happened to be there when it was resumed after seven years.

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Festival musicians at night and on their bus.

Gjirokastër

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View of Gjirokastër.

Saranda

Most of these photos were taken September 1995 with an Olympus XA 35mm camera on Ektachrome or Fujichrome, scanned on a Nikon Coolscan, and touched up with Photoshop.

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Jim Rees