Archives de novembre, 2008
Diary of US Soldiers in Iraq.
Diary of US Soldiers in Iraq chronicles one of the bloodiest times during the entire Iraq war, from the perspective of US soldiers fighting in Baghdad. During his summer embedded with front line infantry troops, Zoriah documented as they performed raids on Iraqi homes, took detainees, went on foot patrols through the dangerous streets and lived their daily lives in cramped quarters at small outposts throughout the city.
He also was able to document the drama of Bahgdad ER, Iraq’s busiest emergency hospital.
Photos and text by ©Zoriah/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Parution AUTRICHE – Made in Taiwan by Marc Dozier
Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum!
Dharavi in central Mumbai is one of Asia’s largest slums. It is enterprise personified. Between 1200 to 1500 small scale industries exist and function within the Dharavi industrial area. It is a place where industry,incorrigibility and a never say die spirit co-exists.Plastic recycling ( perhaps the largestin India ), leather processing, oil drum and tin can reconditioning, dye making,garment and embroidery work, wastepaper raw material supplies, potterymaking , food processing are some of the major enterprises that operateamong other innumerable small scaleunits exists in Dharavi.It is a shadow city where nearly amillion live and work, annually churning out almost 500 million dollar worth of goods. It’s a place where new arrivals found their first footing , make businessand start their life in the urban metro like Mumbai.
A Photo story by ©Amit Chakravarty/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Parution POLOGNE – A laboratory for the H-bomb by Hubert Raguet
Mokens: the sea gypsies.
Dubbed the « nomads of the sea », the Moken community, settled in the Ko Surin islands in the north of Thailand, is trying to find balance between the nomad identity and tourism, traditional labor and natural heritage preservation.
Photos and text ©Marc Dozier/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Parution AUTRICHE – Chefchaouen, la perle du Rif par Bruno Morandi
« Restavecs », slave children in Haïti.
On december 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Sixty years later, a significant number of countries in the world seem to keep ignoring the statements of this text. In Haiti, about three hundred thousand children live in slavery. Given away,sold or abandoned by their families,they barely survive in the slums of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Photos ©Marie Dorigny/LightMediation Text ®Nadjet Cherigui
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Parution BELGIQUE – Les Tatoués de Didier Pazery
Toy Bomb.
Raed Mokaled, who lost his five year-old son Ahmad in a cluster bomb explosion while celebrating his birthday, said that the death season was approaching. Raed was referring to cluster bomb ammunition scattered in fields in southern Lebanon. He said soon families would start picnicking on the weekends to enjoy the spring weather where the shapes and small size of what Raed Calls « the sleeping enemy » are appealing to children, who mistake them for toys.According to Human Rights Watch, the lethal weapon was used in 24 countries for more than 40 years causing unacceptable harm to civilians.They were last deployed in Lebanon in the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli war.
A Photo story by ©Laura Boushnak/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LigthMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
