East Village photographer Q. Sakamaki has been in the Georgian town of Gori, near South Ossetia, this month documenting Russia’s military presence there despite a truce. Clockwise this page and opposite page, starting from photo above: Despite the Russian occupation, a refugee defiantly waves a Georgian flag, while a mother holding her son’s hand appears to be crying, as they head toward Tbilisi, hoping for a lift from a passing driver; a Georgian survivor of the Russian bombing stays behind in Gori; local Georgian residents receive free watermelons in Gori; refugees from Gori wait for someone to pick them up as a Russian tank rolls by.
