reportage The heart of the matter
In April 2000 Kadir van Lohuizen and
Marcus Bleasdale entered RUF-rebels
heldterritory. Their aim: to photograph
the diamond mining which had fueled
Sierra Leone's civil war.
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With the rebels
photographs Marcus Bleasdale
Marcus Bleasdale had traveled with
Kadir van Lohuizen although his name was
not on the laisez passer, but he was fortunate
that no one manning the RUF checkpoints
was able to read. They stayed several days
with the rebels in their camp in Tongo
in the north east of Sierra Leone, but it
proved to be to dangerous to photograph
the mining and they had to leave
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Frantic mining
photographs Kadir van Lohuizen
Just three quarters of an hour on footh
along a slippery jungle path they came
accross a mining location just outside the
rebel territory. Here men, women and
children were working in a frenzy. Mine
'owners' had official permits from the
government but etc etc etc etc etc etc
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Photograph Kadir van Lohuizen