My photographic essay "We Think the Past Differently" deals with the ongoing peace process in Bosnian post-war society and explores the extent to which war, trauma, and politics influence the historical narrative of history and block the sovereign statehood of Bosnia & Herzegovina.

In 1995, the UN-imposed Dayton Agreement ended the armed conflicts in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The agreement established a territorial division between two entities within the state. On one side, the Federation of Bosnia, mainly inhabited by Muslims and Croats, and on the other side, the Republika Srpska, mainly populated by Bosnian Serbs.

The Dayton Agreement was intended to protect Bosnia & Herzegovina's sovereignty and shield the country from nationalist tensions. However, almost 30 years after the end of the war, Bosnia remains at an impasse. The country seems frozen in time, with society still traumatized. The ethnic cleansing during the war, the genocide in Srebrenica, and the territorial division along former frontlines continue to result in parallel societies that live apart. To this day, the Bosnian society is still working to locate, exhume, identify, and reinter the remains from mass graves.

"We Think the Past Differently" examines how the aftermath of war, trauma, and politics affects the landscape and society in Bosnia & Herzegovina.