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The hidden focus

by Luca Catalano Gonzaga

Borneo, Indonesia - 2014

Artisanal gold mining

Gobi desert, Mongolia - 2012

Besieged by the Gobi

Dadaab, Kenya - 2012

Environmental Refugees

Tsho Rolpa Glacial Lake, Nepal - 2011

Glacial lake outburst flood

Chirindu-Zambia - 2014

Thriving mosquitoes

Bengal Bay, Bangladesh - 2010

Coastal flooding in Bengal Bay

Shael-Burkina Faso - 2012

The shifting sands of the Sahel

In the Dadaab refugees camp the first step to providing refugees with food and water is identifying them. In the suffocating heat of the tent, newly arrived women, children and elderly people go thru photo identification. Their faces are then put on a badge. This badge entitles them access to food rations. These portraits were taken by Luca Catalano Gonzaga during their formal photographing session. Embarrassment, shame, surprise and tears show both fears and hopes of forgotten humanity. (text by Luca Catalano Gonzaga).

 

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