Photographing Rwanda
Posted by Paul | Filed under web sights
Over on look both ways, Richard Hanson has a great post on his experiences as a photographer at the time of the Rwanda genocide — DR Congo :: Kibumba revisited. I meant to point this out when he first posted it, but never got round to it. Now he has re-posted I get another chance.
What I find really interesting is the lesson he learnt from the experience. After having a hard time taking photos surrouded by this tragedy, he talked with someone who
impressed on me was the point that the only reason I was there was to get the picture back, the story told. There was no point me driving some Landrover around, or trying to help sick people – those weren’t my skills. What I could do was tell the story, and that might make a difference if it made people think and respond.
Sometimes we have to remember what our gifts are and work with those, rather than trying to cover everything, no matter how urgent it might seem.
Have a look at the other posts in his Behind the Page series. There are some great images…
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