December 30, 2011
A classic communist-era family car shelters under the trees at a desolate riverside picnic spot. The Danube’s economic decline mirrored the fall of the Soviet Union and the rapid collapse of heavy industries in the early 1990s. The break-up of the former Yugoslavia caused additional hardships. A riparian boundary dispute between Serbia and Croatia hampers joint Danube revival projects two decades on. Be sure to visit my website mattlutton.com for the full photo series, including this story on the Danube. Captions this week have come from my colleague Neil MacDonald who wrote the great article for the Financial Times that I photographed, and lastly you can view the FT’s slideshow here. Both the article and slideshow might be behind sign-up walls.

A classic communist-era family car shelters under the trees at a desolate riverside picnic spot. The Danube’s economic decline mirrored the fall of the Soviet Union and the rapid collapse of heavy industries in the early 1990s. The break-up of the former Yugoslavia caused additional hardships. A riparian boundary dispute between Serbia and Croatia hampers joint Danube revival projects two decades on.

Be sure to visit my website mattlutton.com for the full photo series, including this story on the Danube. Captions this week have come from my colleague Neil MacDonald who wrote the great article for the Financial Times that I photographed, and lastly you can view the FT’s slideshow here. Both the article and slideshow might be behind sign-up walls.

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