Their logo is a camera lens screwed onto the face of a hammer, and when the shutter clicks, the images are as striking as the subjects. Fractures Collective was founded three years ago. Today the team includes four documentary photographers based in Barcelona, Sao Paulo and Caracas: Guillaume Darribau, William Sands, Anderson Barbosa, Oscar B. Castillo and development director Nora Meesen. They are all committed to producing politically and socially engaged photography.
Tag: Oscar B. Castillo
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Fractures Photo Collective: a documentary photography collective – The Eye of Photography
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A Legacy of Land Mines in Colombia – The New York Times
A Legacy of Land Mines in Colombia
The locals call them “leg breakers,” but that’s an understatement. The land mines that dot Colombia’s mountainsides do far more damage.
via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/a-legacy-of-landmines-in-colombia/
The locals call them “leg breakers,” but that’s an understatement. The land mines that dot Colombia’s mountainsides do far more damage. One wrong move and a leg is gone. Or an arm. Or an eye.
Photos by Oscar B. Castillo
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Oscar B. Castillo: Documenting The Bloody Reality of Riots And Gangs In Caracas
First I wanted to witness a really hard and difficult situation for Caracas inhabitants. While working on the subject, I felt the need to get closer and closer to the different protagonists of this bloody reality to understand better their reality. Now I want to keep close to them and see how their lives continues and changes with the time also I am really interested in initiatives that are taking place to challenge this plague and take the youth out of this destructive spiral
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The Street Gangs of Caracas
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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/04/the-street-gangs-of-caracas/#1
The black-and-white photographs of Oscar B. Castillo, a Caracas-based photojournalist, accompany Padgett’s bleak dispatch. Documenting the violence of the barrio put Castillo at immense risk—from both gang members and the police.
