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

The Basque village of Santurtzi, northern Spain, in 2006 versus 2017.
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(Image credit: (Inset) March 4, 2006: Basque riot police clashed with pro-independence followers during a funeral for an ETA member.)

(Image credit: (Left) May 19, 2008: The wreckage from an ETA car bomb.)

(Image credit: (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.)

(Image credit: (Top) May 14, 2008: A police station destroyed by an ETA car bomb that killed one officer and injured four.)

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

(Image credit: (Top) Feb. 15, 2006: The remnants of a car bomb and its wreckage.)

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

(Image credit: (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.)

Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.

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