Photographer Kevin Bubriski visited Syria in 2003. Now, sixteen years on, his pictures are a memory of a Syria that no longer exists. The Suq in Aleppo was considered to be the longest continuously inhabited place of commerce in the world, existing for well over two millennia. Aleppo is now in ruins. ISIS destroyed much of Palmyra.
From Burbriski's book Legacy in Stone: Syria Before War:
Near Bab Qinnisrin, Aleppo, Syria, 2003
Suq, Aleppo, Syria, 2003
Abdel Rizaq Bakir, Ropemakers, Suq, Aleppo, Syria, 2003
Father and son, North of Aleppo, Syria, 2003
Street near Khan-al-Tutun-al-Kebir, Aleppo, Syria, 2003
Church of St Simeon, Syria, 2003
Kharab Shams, Syria, 2003
Palmyra, Syria, 2003
Palmyra, Syria, 2003
Valley of the Tombs, Palmyra, Syria, 2003
[Photos © Kevin Bubriski]
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