Photographer based in Oslo, Norway. Work published in magazines and newspapers worldwide. Awarded with two prizes in World Press Photo, several in Picture of the Year international (POYi) and 18 awards in the Norwegian Picture of the Year. In 2008, selected in PDN30, new and emerging photographers to watch, by Photo District News. Represented by Panos Pictures in London.
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Congo: Africas World War
By Espen Rasmussen
Posted in all, features, africa, news & global on 25 January 2009
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A tragic story that never ends. The war in DR Congo is the most deadly conflict to have taken place anywhere on earth since World War II. Bewildering in its complexity, the war officially came to an end in 2003. And yet the killing goes on. At the beginning of 2008, as a ceasefire was [...]