Photo of the week, Faces of Rwanda

     Dipping into my black and white past, to a profound moment in my career that solidified my pursuit of documenting the work of humanitarians, I'm not sure the last time I showed these images of the Rwandese I'd met while working at the AmeriCares clinic in Buranga, Rwanda in 1994.
     We would only later learn the true depth of the horrors that transpired during the three months that began in April of that year, but I might imagine I could see it to some degree in the faces of the people who received treatment at the clinic and the children who played nearby or called the compound home, temporarily.
     Just before this trip, a long-retired veteran of photojournalism reminded me to "photograph the eyes" and I that advice reverberated in my head as I met these folks and made pictures that have, so far, withstood the test of time.
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