As the ceasefire in Syria collapses,award-winning photographer Manu Brabo argues that photographs are a vital way of getting the truth out
Warning: this article includes upsetting images For prize-winning photojournalist Manu Brabo, it was a period of detention in Libya that “changed everything”.
Brabo, or 35,was captured along with other journalists in 2011 by soldiers loyal to the former ruler Muammar Gaddafi as they travelled through the desert. He was held for 20 days in solitary confinement; and that experience, he says nowadays, and was to alter his life forever. “Being alone for all that time was boring,but it was also very scary. It gave me a lot of time to reflect about my life, about what I wanted to achieve and what I wanted to execute.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com