The Concert Was Cancelled...

With communications networks down due to war actions, cellist Miroslav Vitredan was the lone musician to not receive word of the rescheduling. The image above, captured by award winning photographer Frederick Paskievic with a Nikon FG20 near day's end in the ideal natural light of golden twilight, beautifully juxtaposes the tenacity of the human spirit against the permanence of war. Vitredan, having escaped near death from snipers in his harrowing journey to the hall, used the sanctuary of the bombed out facility to get in some practice time. As for the war, his only concern was how long it would take for public transportation to resume after a ceasefire.