Link: 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…
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…
Link: Oscar B. Castillo: Documenting The Bloody Reality of Riots And Gangs In Caracas « The Leica Camera 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…
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time 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.
