From horror to healing in northern Spain
By juxtaposing photos from then and now, a photographer captures the perseverance of a community under relentless attack

Santurtzi, Northern Spain
(Inset) March 4, 2006: Basque riot police clashed with pro-independence followers during a funeral for an ETA member.

Nautical Promenade, Gexto
(Left) May 19, 2008: The wreckage from an ETA car bomb.

San Sebastian
(Top) Sep. 14, 2008: Pro-independence demonstrators throw stones and bottles at Basque police, who tried to disperse the illegal street protest held by several thousand ETA supporters.

The small Basque town of Legutiano
(Top) May 14, 2008: A police station destroyed by an ETA car bomb that killed one officer and injured four.

San Sebastian
(Top) Oct. 26, 2003: Masked ETA followers prepare to fight against the police during an illegal rally.

Shopping center, Urdax
(Top) Feb. 15, 2006: The remnants of a car bomb and its wreckage.

San Sebastian
(Top) Sept. 14, 2008: Riot police detain an unidentified pro-independence Basque demonstrator during an illegal street protest by several thousand ETA supporters.

San Jose Church, Bilbao
(Top) June 20, 2009: Funeral procession for Spanish National Police officer Eduardo Garcia Pueyes, who was killed after a bomb planted in his car by the ETA exploded.