Life of a Roma family living in Bosnia (16 images)
In a span of 5 days, I got to spend time with the Sualic and Ramic, two Roma families whose lives were intertwined. Osman Sualic with his 4 kids(Dino, Dina, Endriana and Elma) live in a two room house in a dilapidated neighborhood opposite the Mittal Steel Zenica. There is constant smoke coming out of Mittal Steel and that has affected the lives of the Roma's living in the neighborhood. Osman does some handy work everyday but does not have a job. In fact he suffers from chronic back problem...
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Dina Sualic lights up the fire in the stove to...
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Dina Sualic and Dino Sualic sit quietly as rice...
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The Sualic family have to walk across the...
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Dina volunteers as a Hair Stylist at the Romano...
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Samira Ramic cooks dinner in the bedroom as...
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Dinner Time
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The Sualic family shares cherries after dinner.
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Osman Sualic has managed to get a temporary...
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Dina gets ready to head out.
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Dino, Endriana and Dina walk pass a row of Roma...
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Elmin Ramic and Elma Sualic study in the...
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Osman Sualic (father) is unemployed and has...
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Dina does the dishes and Endriana sweeps the...
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Elma Sualic and Elmin Ramic play outside the...
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Dino, Endrina and Dina are worried about Samira...
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Only a couple of family photos hang in the...

