Wednesday 25 October 2017

Two of our interests in one post

Photography is one subject that interests Taglines a lot and there are many superb photos taken not only here in Tagland, but throughout the world. One of the photos of the year was that brave woman in America defying a line of fully armed and armoured riot police to arrest her for just standing there.
There was the superb Visa exhibition of photo-journalism in Perpignan and the nostalgic expo of sixties rockers at the Toulouse Lautrec museum in Albi.
You will know that our interest in and help for refugees from South Sudan brings us into contact with these young men fleeing the "forgotten war" which has claimed 300000 lives since 2012. The Sudanese government and its unofficial militia persecuted its black citizens and since South Sudan became independent in 2011 the almost inevitable civil war ensued.
American photo-journalist Adrianne Ohanesian has followed the conflict from on the ground and has been awarded the Prix Bayeux-Calvados for her work from 2012-2017. A sample of her work is available at the link below.
http://geopolis.francetvinfo.fr/prix-bayeux-calvados-adrianne-ohanesian-raconte-le-conflit-du-soudan-du-sud-162617
This is a country that European countries now want to send refugees back to, with so-called "safe conducts" given by a president who is a wanted war criminal.