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Osama Silwadi, a 37-year-old Palestinian photographer, can no longer walk. But he cannot give up taking pictures of his land and his people.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/showcase-152/
Given the commotion outside his office in the West Bank one day in 2006 — armed protesters, some of them firing into the air, were marching through the streets of Ramallah — Osama Silwadi, a well-known Palestinian photojournalist, naturally went to the window to see what was going on. The two bullets that struck him at that moment shattered his spine.
Given the commotion outside his office in the West Bank one day in 2006 — armed protesters, some of them firing into the air, were marching through the streets of Ramallah — Osama Silwadi, a well-known Palestinian photojournalist, naturally went to the window to see what was going on.
The two bullets that struck him at that moment shattered his spine.