“An estimated 20,000 children were born of rapes that occurred during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Fifteen years later, the mothers of these children still face enormous challenges, not least of which is the stigma of bearing and raising a child fathered by a Hutu militiaman. Over the past three years, photographer Jonathan Torgovnik has made repeated visits to Rwanda to document the stories of these women.
Note: I’ve had some people ask me to put this on the website, so here it is… please keep in mind that this was written over a decade ago, so some of it is a bit dated..
B.H.’s Tao of War Photography
subtitled: “Never Ride an Asian Elephant While Wearing Shorts”
Winner
Balazs Gardi, VII Network
“THIRST” Water is life, and since the earliest days of human civilization, it has also been the source of conflict. As global supplies of fresh water diminish, and human population grows, the tensions surrounding access to water are rapidly amplifying.
Three more photojournalists are joining the White House photo staff: Chuck Kennedy, who currently shoots for of McClatchy-Tribune News Service; Lawrence Jackson, currently of the Associated Press and Samantha Appleton, a freelancer with the Noor agency.
Washington Post photographer Andrea Bruce has been named 2009 Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association. It’s the fourth time Bruce has won the award.
