Héla Ammar, Sophia Baraket,Wissal Dargueche, Rania Dourai, Hichem Driss, AzizTnani Artocratie en Tunisie, the first of JR’s Inside Out projects, was instigated by Slim Zeghal and Marco Berrebi.

03.11.2011[ read full story ]

We can now kiss caution farewell, because daring means being free and declaring it. This is the way Tunisia has gone. It has vented its anger and said “No!” to its tyrants. Its oppressors banished, today it stands as one man to tell the world that its destiny lies in its ...

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These last few years, Ghana has become one of the main destinations for electronic waste from Europe and the United States. In the capital, Accra, a fully-fledged market has been set up for “e-waste” traffic, an illegal business, tolerated as a financial godsend. Ghanaians living i...

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People are of great value to me, especially what I call “the real people”. They are a source of joy and inspiration. In recent times, the impact of oil on the lives of most oil-producing regions has been highly paradoxical, especially now that Nigeria is the 6th largest oil supplier to the...

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I am I. AND I am a part of it all. I am an actor and an observer in the play. As I move through the land, I consciously connect my visual focus to my heart and experience my awareness. A duality play – at its core is wonderment of Nature and on its edge, the opposing sense of a lurking despai...

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This project simply takes a look at a very visible fact of life in the city I live in: the pollution of the urban environment. With pollution comes sickness: malaria and typhoid fever.

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My encounter with Africa came through the high politics of physical and poetic excellence: Kenyan boxers, Senegalese wrestlers, inventers of writing and bearers of ancient traditions. My photographic subjects were self-taught heroes, relentless strugglers brimming with kindness, admonish...

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Pêcheurs de nuit is a photographic work featuring the populations whose livelihood depends on fishing in Lake Chad, one of the last great lakes of Africa, which today is threatened with pollution and dwindling water levels. I visited the lake several times in 2010 and photographed by nig...

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Very many of us in South Africa have been the victims of crime, often violent. With much stress and cost we try to protect our persons and property. Nevertheless we remain extremely vulnerable to attack by people who would seize our property and damage or end our lives. Having been a vic...

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I use drawings as a narrative language of expression. Empty Skies is a video animation inspired by the following poem: “I am walking alone without feats, as river water does./ Half crazy, I am. Is it not nearly enough for you?/ This madness rises out of my love and weeping/ I became a source...

01.11.2011[ read full story ]