Photojournalism Daily: Dec. 5, 2014

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Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Andrew Quilty‘s work on Pakistani refugees in Afghanistan. Some 100,000 civilians fled the Pakistani military’s offensive against insurgents in North Waziristan this past summer by seeking shelter across the border in Afghanistan. More than 3,000 families ended up at the Gulan Refugee Camp in Gurbuz District in Khost, only to find out another danger was lurking underneath their feet. It turned out the camp is located above a decades old minefield from the time muhajideen were fighting the Russians. Quilty’s compelling photographs capture these unfortunate refugees haunted by weapons of an old war.


Andrew Quilty: Finding Refuge on a Mine Field (Foreign Policy)

William Daniels: Fighting Over the Spoils of War in Central African Republic (Al Jazeera America) These photographs show how natural riches play a part in the conflict often seen purely in ethnic terms | Part of a series of posts on Central African Republic.

Best Photos of the Year 2014 (Reuters)

War’s effect on peace is examined in new Tate show (Phaidon) Tate Modern curator Shoair Mavlian talks about the new exhibition Conflict, Time, Photography.

Elena Chernyshova (Verve Photo) The World Press Photo award-winning Russian photographer writes about one of her photographs from Norilsk.


Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.

A de-miner from the NGO, Halo Trust works at a site in the Gulan refugee camp in Khost Province, Afghanistan. Halo Trust is one of the organisations responsible for the process which began after anti-tank mines and unexploded ordinance was discovered on the camp site after it was established in June 2014. So far 8 anti-tank mines have been detected and detonated.
Foreign Policy: Finding Refuge on a Mine FieldA de-miner from the NGO, Halo Trust works at a site in the Gulan refugee camp in Khost Province, Afghanistan.Andrew Quilty—Oculi
Ndassima gold mine. Miners wash the soil from Ndassima gold mine to find gold.The gold mines in Ndassima were run by Aurafrique, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Axmin, before Seleka rebels managed to take over the site following a 2013 offensive.Several hundred artisanal miners produce an estimated 15 kg per month. Séléka forces under General Ali Daras are in charge of the security of the site and to road to access it from Bambari. According to artisanal miners, local traders and a Séléka commander, soldiers are instructed not to engage in commercial activities and do not levy taxes. They do get contributions from the population when responding to incidents like theft. Most of the gold produced in Ndassima is trafficked to Cameroon through Bangui, by air and over land. In late August, 27 miners died during a landslide (on the left of the picture).
Al Jazeera America: Fighting Over the Spoils of War in Central African RepublicMiners wash the soil in search of gold at Ndassima mine.William Daniels—Panos for Al Jazeera America
Three men found guilty by a Somali military court of killing civilians and masterminding a recent attack on the Presidential Palace stand tied to poles shortly before they were executed by a firing squad in capital Mogadishu
Reuters: Best Photos of the Year 2014Three men found guilty by a Somali military court of killing civilians and masterminding a recent attack on the Presidential Palace stand tied to poles shortly before they were executed by a firing squad in capital Mogadishu, Aug. 3, 2014.Feisal Omar—Reuters
Bullet-scarred apartment building and shops in the Karte Char district of Kabul. This area saw fighting between Hikmetyar and Rabbani and then Rabbani and Hazaras.
Phaidon blog: War’s effect on peace is examined in new Tate showBullet-scarred apartment building and shops in the Karte Char district of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003.Simon Norfolk

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