Scenes from Work as Photojournalists are Increasingly Caught Up in the Protest Field – Reading The Pictures

Scenes from Work as Photojournalists are Increasingly Caught Up in the Protest Field – Reading The Pictures

These photos of Columbian photographer Luis Robayo demonstrate how much photojournalists can be absorbed by the protests they cover.

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That’s how AFP photographer Luis Robayo captions two Instagram posts featuring recent images of himself on assignment covering protests in Columbia (1, 2). The protests started in opposition to a tax reform bill and then quickly escalated into expressions of outrage against police violence, government corruption, a poorly handled pandemic, and increasing poverty.