‘Caracas by day torments and by night terrifies’ – The Washington Post

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‘Caracas by day torments and by night terrifies’

Venezuelan photographer Alejandro Cegarra’s highly personal investigation into the violence and desperation sweeping Venezuela

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/01/09/caracas-by-day-torments-and-by-night-terrifies/

I’m not religious, but I pray. Somehow just taking photos isn’t enough. I feel the need to try to help that poor kid find some peace, even though I’d never met him. For the first time, I cry while I am photographing, and for the first time, the camera isn’t a shield. I don’t want it to be a shield.