Looking at All Sides in Colombia’s Conflict – The New York Times

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Looking at All Sides in Colombia’s Conflict

After years of photographing in various parts of Colombia, Alvaro Ybarra now wants to put his photos, and hopefully those of others, into an archive that will help the country heal.

via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/looking-at-all-sides-in-colombias-conflict/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

When combatants lay down their weapons, it’s merely the beginning of peace. The harder task, especially in a conflict that has dragged on for decades, it to find social peace. The Spanish photographer Alvaro Ybarra found that to be the case in Colombia, where lawmakers last year approved a peace accord with the FARC rebels