"The Free Burma Rangers."
Valokuvaaja Kainoa Little dokumentoi Mosulin sotanäkymisiä huhtikuussa ja toukokuussa. Julkistaessaan hyviä kuviaan hän törmäsi median torjuntaan. Kukaan ei halunnut kuvia ostaa. En tiedä puuttuiko kuvaajalta ns. liikesuhteita vai ovatko julkaisijat jollain tavoin kyllästyneet tämän sodan kuvaukseen. Little päätti antaa kuville vapaan julkaisuoikeuden. Hänestä tärkeintä on se, että kuvattujen tarinat pääsevät näiden valokuvien kautta julkisuuteen. "Arkifilosofiaa" julkaisee nämä kuvat blogissaan kunnioittaen sekä kuvaajan työtä että kuvissa esiintyviä henkilöitä.
"Federal Police prepare for battle in the Old City. This machine gunner is organizing his ammo."
"Federal Police enter a theater suspected of containing an explosive device as they try to take control of the block in the Old City."
"Federal Police enter a theater in the Old City. Seconds later, an Islamic State gunman opened fire from the upper rafters."
"Federal Police in the theater."
"Federal Police clear sections of the theater."
"A Federal Policeman takes fire from the other side of a theater. Several bullets impacted the other side of the wall near where he had been looking through a window."
"A Federal Policeman runs across exposed ground on the roof of the theater."
"Federal Police in the theater in the Old City."
"Federal Police exchange fire with ISIS across the theater."
"Federal Police commanders."
"Federal Police commanders."
"Iraqi Army piloting a drone."
"Refugees waiting to cross the Tigris River."
"Refugees fleeing Mosul as Iraqi Army humvees go into battle."
"Refugees escaping fighting."
"Refugees escaping fighting."
"Dave Eubank of the Free Burma Rangers attempts save a sniper victim."
"Refugees escaping fighting."
"A woman learns from Dave Eubank her son will survive his wound."
"A helicopter gunship fires at Islamic State positions."
" ... I tried and failed to find newspapers and wire services who would purchase my photos. But the soldiers had fed me and given me a seat in their Humvees, and the refugees had tolerated my presence on some of the worst days of their lives. They very rightly expected that I would tell their story.
The worst uncertainty for me as a freelancer in conflict isn’t that I won’t be able to pay my rent; it’s that no one will see the story, and then I will have failed to give a voice to the voiceless. So I have tried to share them where I can, and hopefully people can imagine some of the human tragedy and triumph playing out in Mosul ... "
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KAINOA LITTLE
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