Erik Messori Photojournalist

Town of Bardhaj where all the families are in a continuous struggle among clan.

Ndoci checks every movement looking through the window, it is forced to live closed in the house, he could be the next victim of the revenge between his family and the rival clan.

Nikolin is forced close in his house, his days have been filled with tobacco and raki, for years.

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Old man with his copy of Kanun book

Ndoci has lost three soons killed for direct revenge with enemy clan, He is rolling up the tobacco bought by his daughter, in his house.

A member of Martinaj family doesn&#039;t want pictures and a body guard put tried to cover the lens.

A normal life in a house in Bardhaj, in this family olny women and young boys. All men heve been killed

Albanian family in the rural area of Skhoder, They live forsed close in the house, just women can go outside for to earn money for the other members of the family.

Besmiri, 12 years old, is the last male member of his family. His father has been killed two years ago, The rival clan communicated his death sentence by a traditional letter with a bullet.

A killer in Dukagini to Bardhaj has been in prison for many years because he has killed two men.

Nikolin, shut in for sake of a homicide accomplished in 1997, interacting with his sons

the last picture of the Ndoci&#039;s soons shooted few days before they were killed in a trap

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Kola is sitting in the living room of his house with a rifle , because he has to take protection of his family. He is forced close in the house because his brother has killed a member of a rival clan.

Niko&#039;s first son plays in the garder, he is illiterate because he has never gone to school.

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