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RED CROSS - 150TH ANNIVERSARY

The ICRC together with the VII Photo agency has launched a worldwide campaign to raise awareness of today’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. As part of the campaign, which marks the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross, the ICRC sent five photographers from VII to eight conflict-affected countries to examine up-close the suffering caused by war and violence.

An exhibition of the work is being shown in 40 countries.

ISSUES IN THE NEWS

Haiti

Armed gangs and private armies roam the streets. An average 10 people are ...

DR Congo

Multi-party elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo were held in 2006, ...

Environment

On the outskirts of the Baku in Azerbaijan, is the beginning of the ...

Afghanistan

Images from Afghanistan six years after the invasion of U.S. forces and the ...

Financial Crisis

The term financial crisis is applied broadly to a variety of situations in ...

IRAQ

With the violence in Iraq at a four year low, Iraqis begin returning ...

AIDS

AIDS is spreading like wildfire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A total ...

VII MENTOR PROGRAM

Agnes Dherbeys, Adam Ferguson, Don McNeill Healy, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Benedicte Kurzen and Maciek Nabrdalik join the VII Mentor program.

Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Anastasia Taylor-Lind is an English photojournalist currently based in London ...

Maciek Nabrdalik

Maciek Nabrdalik graduated from Warsaw University of Technology with a degree in computer science ...

Giulio Di Sturco

Giulio di Sturco is a 29-year-old Italian photographer currently dividing his time between Milan and New Delhi ...


		VII BOULAT ASSOCIATION

Pierre and Alexandra Boulat

Pierre and Alexandra Boulat association award.


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