"A Tribute To Souls"
Title from _Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda_.
Genocide Memorial.
Nyamata, Rwanda.
June, 2005.
1994: Rwanda.
Today: Darfur.
What happened to "Never Again"?
Links/Books on the Genocide in Darfur:
spaces.msn.com/stopsudangenocide/ (fantastic)
www.genocideintervention.net/GIF_index.php
www.darfurgenocide.org/index.php
www.protectdarfur.org/
www.kukummi.org/frame.html (for high schoolers)
www.passionofthepresent.org/ (outstanding)
hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur
WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT DARFUR
hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/24/darfur8954.htm
Gerard Prunier's Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide.
Please visit www.flickr.com/photos/josephwenkoff/sets/72057594070852804/ for humanizing images of a genocidaire.
Mother with Child Portraits from Rwanda By Kresta K.C. Venning Book Preview
Comments and faves
kowchas, evilcabeza, Sandra Figueiredo, Cate Partridge Photography, and 182 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Cate Partridge Photography (80 months ago | reply)
Wow....
Potent, filled with emotion that cannot really be well defined.
Saddness, Anger, Hurt, Guilt..
A very poignant pic.
evilcabeza (80 months ago | reply)
very touching
carymarie (80 months ago | reply)
very powerful image
dristis-mudra (80 months ago | reply)
Very Chilling !
Sky Hi (80 months ago | reply)
a harsh reminder of the past... respectfully arranged :G|
OS-R (80 months ago | reply)
Very powerful photo.
senorton (78 months ago | reply)
Comments fail...
ohchicken (78 months ago | reply)
...i agree with senorton.
Raphael_Günther [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
Strong text within this set.
dlemieux (78 months ago | reply)
wow! the eternal blackness behind the skulls really makes this a powerful image.
ecinparis (78 months ago | reply)
I am presently writing my thesis on Rwanda, and these photos are just amazing. They have taken my breath away.
LaserGuided (77 months ago | reply)
eerily beautiful.
mandy dawn (77 months ago | reply)
amazing shot, very spooky.
antipax (76 months ago | reply)
Sad protrait of mankind's worst...
elfis gallery (73 months ago | reply)
a impressive photo and a text which make you silent and sad....
utminsterfullerene (73 months ago | reply)
Lest we forget. Although sadly that won't stop genocide from happenin again
madrigals (72 months ago | reply)
Beautiful, haunting pictures. I love *all* of your pictures.
jsdart Julie Dermansky © (71 months ago | reply)
strong shot. never again- you can take images of that sign at genocide sites aroudn the world- as i have
Jason Leslie Rogers (62 months ago | reply)
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Please submit this photo to Falling Apart, a group of photographers exploring the areas of turmoil, entropy, and loss.
Great use of negative space with the black up top. There were so many skulls to choose from, I'm glad you took your time and chose these three. Nice work.
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Found in a search. (?)
rita banerji (62 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called INDEPENDENT (post1,award3), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Thank you for this series. How many times will we say 'Never Again?' -- that's the question.
Brave Heart (60 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called In A Row, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Photographer_Rz (59 months ago | reply)
Haunting and incredibly moving
Miss Melissa (58 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Significant, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Ashlee Preen (57 months ago | reply)
This is so powerful.
sadik. [deleted] (55 months ago | reply)
spoooookky.
11:19 [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cultures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Hoenen (49 months ago | reply)
Most of the victims were killed in their villages or in towns, often by their neighbors and fellow villagers. The militia members typically murdered their victims by hacking them with machetes, although some army units used rifles. The victims were often hiding in churches and school buildings, where Hutu gangs massacred them. Ordinary citizens were called on by local officials and government-sponsored radio to kill their neighbours and those who refused to kill were often killed themselves. "Either you took part in the massacres or you were massacred yourself." One such massacre occurred at Nyarubuye. On 12 April 1994, more than 1,500 Tutsis sought refuge in a Catholic church in Nyange, in then Kivumu commune. Local Interahamwe acting in concert with the priest and other local authorities then used bulldozers to knock down the church building.
In another case, thousands sought refuge in Ecole Technique Officielle school in Kigali where Belgian UNAMIR soldiers were stationed. However, on 11 April 1994, Belgian soldiers withdrew from the school and members of the Rwandan armed forces and militia killed all the Tutsis who were hiding there.
1,000,000 Dead within weeks, days - killed by their neighbours - dead children laying in their gardens.
What a horror
Read the full story here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide
like a fool (44 months ago | reply)
is so much pain in this world. yo create something beatiful and teach us whith this picture thank you
Sam Stikeleather (38 months ago | reply)
Using your photo for a school project. Thanks for Sharing
Ikè (24 months ago | reply)
Very poignant.