From the archives WEST SUDAN

[etienne_werner]

Again from the archieves. Taken in western Sudan near the Chadian border in a little village called Beida. The Chadian refugees hadn't seen any real food for months and were eating the leafs and roots of trees. When both Paul a reporter from the Sunday times and myself braught food with us from UNICEF, the militairy refused to give it to the refugees and insteed beat them down for trying to get some nourishment.
The pix of the child : both his parents had died from (i believe) hunger. All that he could do was beg for food.
The pix were taken with the M6

[mgcd]

Etienne - I remember the first one well. Thanks for posting these.

[ddh]

Werner, photos like these break my heart.
Such a display of contempt for other is horrifying.

Thanks for reminding me...
Awesome testimonial.

[jtharvie]

An amazing and wonderful albeit disturbing view from a part of the World we here in Canada tend to forget. Thanks for sharing and please post more.

[dan_drabek]

I am humbled by your images. Really great work.
DD

[etienne_werner]

Many thanks to all for taking the time for looking and give comments. I wish I could post more of the foreign assignmnets but having been a staff photog, meant that all negs had to be sent to bettman (now Corbis) and more often then not did not have time to make prints for myself.
For the last years I have been less of a photog but rather the Editor in Chief of a photo agency here in the Netherlands. I do still take pictures but mostly in studio and very much miss being on the road.

Kind regards,

Etienne

very good pictures, to me the presentation looks a little "kitschy", the name of the photographer gets more important then the pictures itself. also the tonal range could be better, I see a lot grey in grey. regards Stefan

[etienne_werner]

Originally Posted by imported_stefan_r

very good pictures, to me the presentation looks a little "kitschy", the name of the photographer gets more important then the pictures itself. also the tonal range could be better, I see a lot grey in grey. regards Stefan

Hello Stefan.
Thanks for your comments. I agree with what you said. I'm afraid that I tried to make my first web-site and have been experimenting . The name underneath the pix is way to big and colorful. As far as the prints are concerned: These are very old work prints made in makeshift darkrooms which are usualy setup in hotel bathrooms in countries where the water carries more sand then the desert (originals had to sent along with negs to the archief).

Kind regards,

Etienne

[abrewer]

Powerful, disturbing images Etienne. Our inhumanity to our fellows is sorrowfully apparent and seemingly everywhere we look. Let's hope that bringing human misery to the forefront of the conscience can create some movement toward human dignity in the Sudan.

It's a tribute to the man, the camera, and the film that images like this can be created at all under these conditions.

Thanks for sharing.

Allan

Hello Etienne,

with very view steps you can improve the tones for web presentation...

"tonal range curve" I think is called in english.

best Stefan

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