Postcard Series: Ground Zero | Marawi

A heavy, sobering look inside Marawi's ground zero. Tilted buildings, bullet-riddled walls, and personal items littering the roads offer a grim reality of survival.
Philippines / Marawi / Postcards

Inside Marawi’s Ground Zero

By Marky Ramone Go • August 2018

If seeing the images on news TV isn't bad enough, the moment we walked inside the Marawi siege’s 'ground zero’, reality shook me real bad. Tilted buildings plastered with bullet and rocket holes, homes beyond recognition and personal stuff strewn on the road—clothes, suitcases, stuffed toys—left by fleeing civilians, are too much to process. Outside ground zero, we met some survivors eager to tell their stories. After losing everything, all they have now are narratives of survival. I took a few photos and with each click of my camera, I feel the grim scenes stabbing my heart.

a stuff toy remains in Marawi's Ground Zero
The remnants of war left behind in Marawi
Postcard Series  is a digital throwback to the good ole days of sending postcards to your love ones back home. It consist of a single photograph and a brief narrative of less than 100 words.

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Marky Ramone Go is a travel writer and photographer whose work has appeared in major publications including Manila Bulletin, BusinessMirror, The Daily Tribune, and Travel Now. He has been tracing the intersection of heritage and modern nomadism since 2007.

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Marky Ramone Go is a travel-junkie, writer and photographer based in the Philippines. Aside from contributing articles to various publications and websites, he narrates his experiences wandering the tropical paradise of the Philippines, the culturally rich regions of South East Asia, Sri Lanka and India.

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