“This is also the limits of photography in that sense; it only goes so far in understanding what’s in front of you,”
December 10, 2012 5:34 AM Subscribe
New York Times' Lens blog: Looking at the Tangled Roots of Violence in Northern Nigeria highlights the work of Benedicte Kurzen.
Ms. Kurzen said. “I’m only photographing the symptoms of phenomena, of dynamics: symptoms translated through the daily life of the people. But I don’t think I’ll ever really know or really understand what’s cooking underground.”
A Child Is Being Beatenposted by the man of twists and turns at 6:47 AM on December 10, 2012 [1 favorite]
Heartbreaking. I passed through northern Nigeria (Kano, etc) back in late 1980: a much more peaceful time. Terrible to see what's happening there now.
Thanks for the post.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:26 AM on December 11, 2012
Thanks for the post.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:26 AM on December 11, 2012
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