etienne_werner Posted July 25, 2006 Share #1 Posted July 25, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 Hi etienne_werner, Take a look here From the archives WEST SUDAN. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mgcd Posted July 25, 2006 Share #2 Posted July 25, 2006 Etienne - I remember the first one well. Thanks for posting these. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddh Posted July 25, 2006 Share #3 Posted July 25, 2006 Werner, photos like these break my heart. Such a display of contempt for other is horrifying. Thanks for reminding me... Awesome testimonial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtharvie Posted July 25, 2006 Share #4 Posted July 25, 2006 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted July 26, 2006 Share #5 Posted July 26, 2006 I am humbled by your images. Really great work. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share #6 Posted July 26, 2006 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 26, 2006 Share #7 Posted July 26, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share #8 Posted July 26, 2006 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted July 26, 2006 Share #9 Posted July 26, 2006 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted July 26, 2006 Share #10 Posted July 26, 2006 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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