The Arauca river, about 100 meters wide, is the border line and a lifeline between Colombia and Venezuela. It is a permeable border, through which people pass and also contraband. A photo story from the turbulent waters that separate the inseparable.
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Last three days, I held two workshops with colleagues of German cooperation agency GIZ about photography with smartphone and journalistisc writing. For more information about these workshops, please see the following section of my webpage.
My photographic investigation about life conditions of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia was selected for a scholarship by VG Bild (Germany). Preliminary title of the investigation: “The new underclass of Latin America”.
On behalf of the biggest Finnish news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, I portrayed former guerrilla fighter and current senator Omar de Jesús Restrepo Correa with two of his bodyguards.
On assignment for the biggest Finnish news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, I portrayed former guerrillla fighter and current city council of Bogotá, Leidy Carolina Sarmiento.
Mehr als 80.000 Menschen gelten in Kolumbien als vermisst. Die Familien wünschen sich Gewissheit über das Schicksal ihrer Lieben. Die Wahrheit soll ein friedliches Zusammenleben fördern. On photo assignment for akzente published by GIZ. Read complete article written by Karen […]
The night of the candles, la noche de las velas, has a long tradition in Colombia. Same night, in underdog neighbourhood La Perseverancia, young people divert themselves with firing fireworks at each other. Police doesnt interfere. Its as chaotic as […]
Most FARC guerrilla fighters who signed the peace accord with the government still live in the camps they moved while their leaders sat the negotiation table. A Finnish journalist and me, we visited the camp in Icononzo, Tolima, and observed […]
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