Children of Conflict
James David wrote this post at 12:55 pm on November 12th, 2007.
Photojournalist Michael Kienitz has focused on capturing the lives of children wrapped up in violent conflict. Whether as child soldiers, as victims, or bereft orphans, Kienitz depicts them in honest, jarring ways, in the hopes that people will “feel compelled to change the world.”
His book, Small Arms: Children of Conflict received the following review from John Echave, the Senior Editor of National Geographic Magazine:
The reality of his photographs awakens in us the passion to help those whose lives are so disproportionately different from ours. We are struck by the fragility and yet resilience of children unexpectedly cornered by armed conflicts all over the world.
The book is available for $30 on his website.
