The Face Of Poverty
VIEW BOOK Famine There was a famine in the village at that time. The corn harvest, which was to provide eighty percent of the annual food, had failed due to lack of rain. Daily life showed the essence of everyday poverty: lack of choice, no control over your own existence. Villagers did not have the […]
Cyprus – The Green Zone
Cyprus, Buffer Zone (separating Greek Southern and Turkish Northern Cyrprus), international airport, finished 1968, deserted since the Turkish invasion in 1974. Deserted hangar. Cyprus, Buffer Zone (separating Greek Southern and Turkish Northern Cyrprus), international airport, finished 1968, deserted since the Turkish invasion in 1974. The terminal. Cyprus, Buffer Zone (separating Greek Southern and Turkish Northern […]
Down And Out In The South
USA. “Down and Out in the South”: Studio portraits of homeless people in Atlanta (GA), Columbia (SC) and the Mississippi Delta. Ernest (b. Facefield, GA, 1931), photographed in Atlanta, GA, April 2011. USA. “Down and Out in the South”: Studio portraits of homeless people in Atlanta (GA), Columbia (SC) and the Mississippi Delta. Pierre (b. Canada, 1963) […]
National Identities
Nederland (the Netherlands, Niederlande), Nederland, Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), (c) Jan Banning, 2009. Turkish “proletarian” version of Rembrandt’s portrait of Jan Six (mayor of Amsterdam): Celal Akin Coskun, b. 1974, construction worker at the reconstruction site of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Turkse “proletarische” versie van Rembrandt’s portret van Jan Six (burgemeester van Amsterdam): Celal Akin Coskun, geb. […]
Comfort Woman (Troostmeisjes)
VIEW BOOK Antonetha Emah Wainem Druk Mardiyah Ronasih Sanikem Umi Kulsum Niyem Icih Dehuri Iyoh Wagiyem Kasinem Mastia Dominggas Semi Documentary Film director Frank van Osch followed Jan and Hilde to Indonesia to create a documentary about their search for “comfort” women. The documentary, Because We Were Beautiful, is available in Dutch with English subtitles from […]
Red Utopia – Communist 100 Years After The Russian Revolution
VIEW BOOK nepal Nepal, communism. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist): district office for constituency #3 in Banke district of Nepalgunj city, Bheri zone. CPN-UML came out as the 2nd biggest party (after Nepali Congress) in the 2013 elections, with 175 of 575 elected seats. Nepal, communism. Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist), aka […]
USA – Law And Order
view book USA, GA, June 2013. Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro, Judge Prior, presiding. The courthouse was built in 1849 and later extended. USA, Georgia, Juni 2013. Rechtbank in het Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro. Rechter Prior. Het gebouw stamt uit 1849. USA, GA, June 2012. Sunbathing detainee in courtyard in Putnam County Jail in […]
Colombia – Law And Order
view book Colombia, Aug. 2015. La Modelo high security prison in Bogota, built in 1957 with a capacity of 5,810. In August 2015, it held 7,567 inmates. “Happy Christmas” in August. Colombia, aug. 2015. Colombia, aug. 2015. La Modelo, zwaar bewaakte gevangenis in Bogotá, gebouwd in 1957 met capaciteit voor 5.810 gedetineerden. In augustus 2015 […]
France – Law And Order
view book Law and Order, France, Oct. 2013. Women’s cell in the Maison d’arrêt Versailles, built in 1750 as a boarding school for boys. It has been a women’s prison, with a capacity of 58, since the mid-19th century. It now houses 53 inmates; 80% spend a maximum of up to four months here, the […]
Uganda – Law And Order
view book Law and Order, Uganda, 2013. Kigo Prison near Kampala. Convicts 331 + 14 “outstation” (in hospital outside) = 345; Remand 798 + Outstation 33. Total 1176. oeganda, 2013. Kigo gevangenis nabij Kampala. 331 veroordeelden + 14 “outstation” (tijdelijk afwezig want in het zoekenhuis) = 345; In afwachting van hun proces: 798 + Outstation […]
