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Mined Lives. 25 Years
- "[...] A heartfelt cry against terrible injustice and daily tragedy: how the everlasting physical injuries that severed their bodies affect these wounded people".
- An ongoing project of the most current photojournalism, like the infinite aftereffects caused by antipersonnel mines. Gervasio Sánchez has been working with victims of this scourge since September 1995, a job that has been running through most of his professional life.
- The devastation the mines cause is lifelong. The eleven victims in this project were selected randomly in African countries such as Angola and Mozambique; in Asian countries like Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Iraq; El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Colombia in Latin America; and European countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"Gervasio knows we need the wounded voices if we hope to write the complete history. And to do so, it is vital to advocate, faced with the hate that mines, the courage that observes." Irene Vallejo (Foreword)
Contents
Forewords
Josep Santa Creu 6
Irene Vallejo 8
Jon Lee Anderson 10
Rafael Doctor Roncero 12
Patricia Nieto 16
David Rieff 19
Carmen Sarmiento 20
Diego Sánchez Maldonado 22
Gervasio Sánchez 25
Stories
Sokheurm Man 30
Mao Rattanak 45
Joaquina Natchilombo 56
Adis Smajic 73
Manuel Orellana 90
Medy Ewaz Ali 103
Zar Bibi 131
Sofia Elface Fumo 146
Justino Pérez 188
Fanar Zekri 204
Mónica Paola Ardila 216
Appendix 232
Contributors 302
Author
Gervasio Sánchez has been a journalist since 1984. His articles are published in Heraldo de Aragón, El País and La Vanguardia; he collaborates with the SER Radio Station and the BBC. He is the author of several photography books, including Mujeres Women / Afghanistan, Activistas por la vida, Anthology, Kosovo, Niños de la guerra, Sierra Leone. War and peace, La Caravana de la muerte. Las víctimas de Pinochet, Latidos del tiempo, Mined Lives and Sarajevo 1992-2008 (published by Blume). He has been awarded the Cirilo Rodríguez, International Press Club, Andalucía de Cultura, Human Rights in Journalism, Liber Press, Javier Bueno and Joan Alsina from Casa América Cataluña awards; Aragonese institutions awarded him the Gold Medal of Santa Isabel de Portugal and the Medal of Professional Merit. In 2008 he won the Ortega y Gasset Award for the photography of Sofía Elface Fumo with her daughter Alia and in 2009 the National Photography Award. In April 2011 he received the Julio Anguita Parrado International Award and in May 2011, the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Social Solidarity. He has been UNESCO's special envoy for peace since 1998.
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