The first edition of a planned magazine in the UK wants to use some B&W pictures I shot in the past........ as part of this Matt has sent me a pile of old B&W images.......... at the same time we have a client that wants images shot in numerous African & Asian cities ....... I would love to go and shoot it all but they want it in a hurry and Im so booked up here in the US and Canada I cannot go........ other Insight guys are going to be shooting all that........ shame....... the assignments are corporate shoots so they are unlikely to produce images like this above ........ and I doubt they are going to be shooting corporate images in Rwanda........ this came back to me as part of the B&W sets the magazine was considering ........
I shot this image back during the terrible slaughter in Rwanda........... it shows refugees who have fled to the border for safety..... when you stop and consider this image....... when I think back to being there........ it makes me consider the struggles in my own life in context..... here this child and his family where running for fear of disgusting terrifying violence......... at the roadside hundreds lay dead....... hunger and disease struck down many who had managed to survive the violence ........ here people struggled the whole time just to stay alive.
Cheers Jez XXXX
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This is an amazing image. Ive registered to see more[reply]Anna K @ February 18, 2009, 2:13 am
Horrifying but also a wonderful image thank you for sharing[reply]Keith Jaspen @ February 18, 2009, 3:14 am
the sunday times led me here very interesting i like the colour pictures you see when you click on this picture the best great blog[reply]Ange - Manchester @ February 18, 2009, 9:28 am
I remember when you got back from that trip you were sort of depressed by it and didn't want to edit your stuff..I seem to remember BG & I going through it and picking this one out amongst others...I also remember that it took absolutely ages to get this one right in the darkroom..but woz it wurf it..course it was![reply]Muscley Marcusx @ February 18, 2009, 9:54 am
Yeah........ that was a bit of a grim trip...... the paragraph above does not really sum it up........I remember the mass graves....... people were dying in their thousands....... desperation and fear were constant....... I was working with TP...... in the end he just couldn't go back out there...... it really was like hell on earth...... and even more frightening dangerous and totally depressing to do it on your own...........
Thanks for editing them bro...... this picture is in my view worth looking at again even 10 years later...... this is probably a scan of your amazing artistry in the darkroom baby....... I did nothing to the file..... its a direct scan from the B&W print..... nice one!
That mad Russian guy is a big fan of the Sunday Times top 100 blogs![reply]Marcus x @ February 18, 2009, 1:14 pm
hi jez-c. let them de-ice that plane. we want you back a whole man with the same eye balls.[reply]labatata @ February 18, 2009, 1:50 pm
I still got the buisness card with this image on, that you gave me! Its a great image, and makes you think when you hear the story behind it......shameful........[reply]PaulS @ February 18, 2009, 2:06 pm
I'm a photojournalist mate ... You get to see some stuff... You think you know ... You think you have seen it all ... Then you see this... I was shocked.. Stunned even... Horror on a huge scale ... You are not gonna forget that in a hurry... this image only hints at it all... Most were hard to look at... [reply]jezblog on iPhone @ February 18, 2009, 5:12 pm
mans inhumanity to man.shocking[reply]phil baumann @ February 18, 2009, 2:12 pm
Amazing image, your description brought me right back down to earth. Got your blog details from ST blog list, really glad I did. Went to Beirut last year, ever been? Lots of incredible things to shoot there. Hope the flight goes well! [reply]Lucy chivers @ February 18, 2009, 5:41 pm
Hey Lucy........ Im so pleased with the ST recomendation..... welcome....... Beirut is incredible I have not been for a while....... the flight was fine but here in the big ATL we are now having Tornados....!!
Cheers Jez XXXXX[reply]jezblog in ATL @ February 18, 2009, 10:47 pm
This image is amazing. It's so evocative! Last year in October I did a charity expedition to Tanzania, the poverty there was shocking but obviously nothing like the terrible things that were happening in Rwanda, but seeing this sort of reminded me how lucky I am and the feeling I had when travelling through Tanzania.
hey Mariel....... Even for me..... I look at my pictures.......and I remember with a chill some of this stuff...... and I do feel very lucky to live as we do in Western countries.
Thanks for commenting...
Cheers Jez XX[reply]jezblog in ATL @ February 18, 2009, 10:36 pm
Hey Jez when you've finished blogging we have some very important work to do... I could tell you that in person since you're only sat 3 feet away, but I don't want to break your concentration... He's currently 1 finger typing in the most intense way :)[reply]Matt @ February 18, 2009, 10:49 pm
More+
The first edition of a planned magazine in the UK wants to use some B&W pictures I shot in the past........ as part of this Matt has sent me a pile of old B&W images.......... at the same time we have a client that wants images shot in numerous African & Asian cities ....... I would love to go and shoot it all but they want it in a hurry and Im so booked up here in the US and Canada I cannot go........ other Insight guys are going to be shooting all that........ shame....... the assignments are corporate shoots so they are unlikely to produce images like this above ........ and I doubt they are going to be shooting corporate images in Rwanda........ this came back to me as part of the B&W sets the magazine was considering ........
I shot this image back during the terrible slaughter in Rwanda........... it shows refugees who have fled to the border for safety..... when you stop and consider this image....... when I think back to being there........ it makes me consider the struggles in my own life in context..... here this child and his family where running for fear of disgusting terrifying violence......... at the roadside hundreds lay dead....... hunger and disease struck down many who had managed to survive the violence ........ here people struggled the whole time just to stay alive.
Cheers Jez XXXX
PS........... Anyone dropping in on Jezblog don't forget to say hi ........ use the comment box below just to say hello or make any comment you like.
PPS.......... You can register to stay in contact with Jezblog by subscribing at the bottom of this page. Cheers Jez XXXXX
[reply]Anna K @ February 18, 2009, 2:13 am
[reply]Keith Jaspen @ February 18, 2009, 3:14 am
[reply]Ange - Manchester @ February 18, 2009, 9:28 am
[reply]Muscley Marcusx @ February 18, 2009, 9:54 am
Thanks for editing them bro...... this picture is in my view worth looking at again even 10 years later...... this is probably a scan of your amazing artistry in the darkroom baby....... I did nothing to the file..... its a direct scan from the B&W print..... nice one!
Cheers Jez XXXXX
[reply]jezblog in DC at the mo @ February 18, 2009, 10:07 am
[reply]Marcus x @ February 18, 2009, 1:14 pm
[reply]labatata @ February 18, 2009, 1:50 pm
[reply]PaulS @ February 18, 2009, 2:06 pm
[reply]jezblog on iPhone @ February 18, 2009, 5:12 pm
[reply]phil baumann @ February 18, 2009, 2:12 pm
[reply]Lucy chivers @ February 18, 2009, 5:41 pm
Cheers Jez XXXXX
[reply]jezblog in ATL @ February 18, 2009, 10:47 pm
[reply]Mariel @ February 18, 2009, 6:29 pm
Thanks for commenting...
Cheers Jez XX
[reply]jezblog in ATL @ February 18, 2009, 10:36 pm
[reply]Matt @ February 18, 2009, 10:49 pm
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