In the wake of the peace accord between Colombian government and the Farc rebels, I visited different interim camps of the Farc guerrilla in the South Colombian province Nariño. A coca plantation right at the entrance of the provisional camp […]
In the wake of the peace accord between Colombian government and the Farc rebels, I visited different interim camps of the Farc guerrilla in the South Colombian province Nariño. A coca plantation right at the entrance of the provisional camp […]
Colombian government has made peace with the FARC guerrilla. What does this mean for Colombian coca farmers? I visited coca plantations in La Gabarra close to the Venezuelan border.
Photographing coca farmers in in La Gabarra, Colombia, on assignment for The Miami Herald.
A farm in Colombia has brought together an unlikely group of former guerrilla and paramilitary fighters… Read article in Der Spiegel by correspondent Jens Glüsing, with my collaboration.
Tourists love Pablo Escobar! Tours dedicated to the narco responsable for more than 3000 deaths boom in his home town Medellin. I joined a group of visitors. In the image the Edificio Monaco where Escobar and his family lived for […]
Pablo Escobar drove his girlfriends through Medellin in a Wartburg. So told me his brother Roberto Escobar, himself part of the extint Cartel de Medellín. I met Escobar at his home. He showed me the East German sports car in […]
A man was watering the flowers surrounding Pablo Escobars grave. I asked him if had known the most famous Colombian. He answered: “Indeed. I am his brother-in-law”. The same night he introduced me to his wife, Pablos sister Luz María […]
San Vicente del Caguán galt einmal als die heimliche Hauptstadt der Linksguerilla FARC. 1998 ließ der damalige kolumbianische Präsident die Armee aus dem Ort abziehen. Nun ist sie wieder da, und die Guerilla auch. Zum kompletten Artikel hier.