2010년을 되돌아 봅니다
카자흐스탄에서 세금 인상에 항의하며 시위자들이 경찰에게 폭력을 가하는 현장 VLADIMIR PIROGOV (April 7: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) “It had been drizzling since morning. There was a rally to protest against tariff hikes planned. I predicted about 1,000 people would participate. I even imagined that police might apply force, arrest the participants - everything except the events that actually occurred. The territory around the office was blocked by police. The rally was badly organized, with each volunteer grabbing a loudspeaker and delivering his speech. When a few buses with special mission units inside drove to the location, it was clear that no good would come out of it. When the action started, we tried not to get into the heat of the moment. People, who were being detained, cried out for us to photograph them to capture the lawlessness. All of a sudden, a part of the crowd broke the cordon, crossed the street and rearranged into a separate unit. When they began gathering stones, there was trouble in the air. We started thinking of a place to hide when the first stones were raised into the air. The crowd screamed, youngsters holding sticks and armor attacked the police. Some officers fell down to the ground, others ran trying to conceal themselves in nearby yards. Enraged people stormed the police buses to release their arrested comrades. Every second we had to watch all directions as the trouble could have come from anywhere. Activists set a few cars on fire and again stones were set in motion. Finally, policemen dropped their weapons ? one-time grenade launchers, machine guns, sniper rifles, Kalashnikovs ? and fled from the site. It was hard to believe but at that moment I felt that the people could seize the White House. The crowd divided into three groups and attacked the police from different sides, using grenades and other weapons. When the gunfire burst, I was scared. To the bitter end I wanted to believe that we’d be able to avoid dead bodies like in the 2005 March revolution. But the fire intensified and I noticed the first victims. I tried not to think of the worst but realized that it was war all around.” Canon EOS-1D Mark III, lens 16-35mm, f2.8 , 1/2500 sec, ISO 1250
지속적으로 늘어나고 있는 남아공의 백인 저소득층 아이들 FINBARR O'REILLY (March 6: Krugersdorp, South Africa) “While most white South Africans still enjoy lives of privilege and relative wealth, the number of poor whites has risen steadily over the past 15 years. White unemployment nearly doubled between 1995 and 2005. Seeking to reverse decades of racial inequality, the ruling ANC government introduced affirmative action laws that promote employment for blacks and aim to give black South Africans a bigger slice of the economy. This shift in racial hiring practices coupled with the fallout from the global financial crisis means many poor white South Africans have fallen on hard times. Many poor whites have ended up in places like Coronation Park in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg; a leafy former caravan site beside a water reservoir and a public picnic park frequented by middle-class families at weekends. These boys attend school and play rugby and cricket in their spare time, but this photo was taken on an idle Saturday when there was little else going on. It was my first day at the camp and the boys were bored and happened to congregate on this tire, which had been set up as part of a blockade to the entrance of their squatter camp.” Canon 5D Mark II, lens 24-70mm (at 28mm), f3.5, 1/250 sec, ISO 160
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