On the fourth anniversary of the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, many of the tens of thousands of Georgians who were displaced by the conflict are still fighting – to find a job.
Four years ago today, photographer Alexander Klimchuk was covering the outbreak of the Georgian-Russian war when he was shot and killed near a South Ossetian checkpoint in the breakaway republic’s capital Tskhinvali. The photos contained in this photo essay are intended to celebrate his life and his all-too-brief, but bright, career as a photojournalist.
