Maryna Ajaja: on June 25, 2022, Maryna died at home in Seattle after a prolonged fight with cancer. She was a writer and a long-time film programmer for the Seattle International Film Festival, specializing in Eastern, Central European, and Russian films. Ajaja lived in the Northwest since 1969, except for seven years in Russia from 1991 to 1997; and she lived in Seattle’s Zip Code 98118, “the most diverse Zip code in America,” since 2004.
Raven included Ajaja's photos from the 98118 Project in our 2012 issue of Raven Chronicles Magazine: Vol. 17, No. 1-2, A Sense of Place. In honor of Maryna Ajaja, we share them here.
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