Rwanda genocide... Photo

Photographer’s Note

.. remembering those days after the Rwanda genocide.
...this road full of people,was the border betwen life and dead...in the left the large refugee field of Kibumba (350.000 persons)...in the right the "field od dead".

Photo/scan

Goma - August 1994

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ribeiroantonio (21961) 2009-06-20 23:17

Há muito tmpo que não te via por aqui.
Outra excelente foto da tristez que ainda vai por África. É pena é que não seja vista pelos corruptos que por lá proliferam.
António

kschanna (6) 2009-06-21 7:11

Hello Jose,

Photos like these have a real eerie feeling to them. I am sure for most of these people, living in this scene may be a difficult realization and I cant say that I like this picture because it may make a mockery of their condition but what can say is that I respect this condition and empathize.

Thanks for sharing
Kamran

Clairedelune (4885) 2009-06-21 9:50

Difficult situation here, for me...
Not knowing what is the situation, nor reading the title "Rwanda genocide", I would dare to say that this photo is pure beauty. I can't help it... my eyes are amazed by the beauty of this "photo"... the colors, the sea of men, women and kids and animals... the distribution through the photo of the different elements and the colors that are really perfect. It is like a painting of the old school. Oh... that lonely silhouette of the kid just in front of the water reflecting the yellow sky! Incredible...
But my brain is distressed by the meaning of it, by what brought these people there together... And I want to cry and shout and say "Enough of that insanity!" And of our inability to stop the mass killing...
Gosh Jose... what do you want me to say????
So, I will simply shut up and look at this photo.
Claire
N.B.: I had that nagging feeling that I had seen this photo before... I was right. It's the second time you post it and it is the second time I comment on it... But who cares?... Not me. Not one bit...