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Victims of the Congo War
For women and girls, photographer Sarah Fretwell traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the photo project The Truth Told Project, she photographed victims of the Civil War. She was so shocked by the attitude towards the woman, the land on which the “war of the sexes” played out strikes with its cruelty.
For fifty days, Sarah lived among the tragic stories of Congolese girls, where every day the struggle for life is on the verge of death. Surviving murder and violence is a science with vast experience.
In the photo you can read the inscriptions, each hero of which shared his dreams of a better life for himself and his family.
In wartime, a woman who was raped loses everything, her neighbors disown her, her husband refuses. At first, military groups raped women en masse in order to intimidate residents, and only then by this method they showed their strength and power. Armed men of the Congo without a crumb of remorse continue to abuse the weaker sex.
Sarah Fretwell, to her credit, is not just exploiting a painful topic, she is trying to win international attention to the terrible situation of the Congo and is actively cooperating with humanitarian charities. It's a shame that we're moving forward in technology, and the real-world technology of murder is blossoming on its own.
Sarah Fretwell puts photography above all other forms of art, because it can speak to those who would otherwise not be heard. Sarah believes that women have the right to have a voice to be seen and protected, at least through their prayers.
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For fifty days, Sarah lived among the tragic stories of Congolese girls, where every day the struggle for life is on the verge of death. Surviving murder and violence is a science with vast experience.
In the photo you can read the inscriptions, each hero of which shared his dreams of a better life for himself and his family.
In wartime, a woman who was raped loses everything, her neighbors disown her, her husband refuses. At first, military groups raped women en masse in order to intimidate residents, and only then by this method they showed their strength and power. Armed men of the Congo without a crumb of remorse continue to abuse the weaker sex.
Sarah Fretwell, to her credit, is not just exploiting a painful topic, she is trying to win international attention to the terrible situation of the Congo and is actively cooperating with humanitarian charities. It's a shame that we're moving forward in technology, and the real-world technology of murder is blossoming on its own.
Sarah Fretwell puts photography above all other forms of art, because it can speak to those who would otherwise not be heard. Sarah believes that women have the right to have a voice to be seen and protected, at least through their prayers.
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