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A selection of 15 images from my long-term project in Bhopal has appeared with an article about the on-going disaster caused by Union Carbide, now DOW Chemical, an official Olympic sponsor under a ten-year deal until 2020. Text by Maddie Oatman accompanied by a touching interview of Sanjay Verma. |
> I am very proud and excited to be announced the winner of the 2012 FotoEvidence Book Award.
'Bhopal Second Disaster' has become a hardcover book in October 2012. The official launch has taken place at the VII Gallery in New York City, USA. Foreword by Indra Sinha, a passionate campaigner for justice in Bhopal since 1993. Indra is the illustrious author of Animal's People, a touching novel focusing on Bhopal, and shortlisted for the prestigious 2007 Man Booker Prize. |
> An image from a recent Bhopal assignment with Al Jazeera, (below) was mentioned in Time Lightbox's weekly Photojournalism Links collection, curated by Mikko Takkunen. |
> Ahead of its 30th anniversary, Al Jazeera America (USA) assigned me to cover the legacy of illness and pollution left by the '1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster', in a team with Indian journalist Raksha Kumar. More of my images from Bhopal are available. |
> Ahead of the 30th anniversary since the '1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster', I was also on assignment with The New Review, an insert of The Independent on Sunday, in London. |
My body of work from Bhopal was recently published in the USA, Germany and Norway, alongside stories focusing on DOW Chemical's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
> Welt am Sonntag (GER) Newspaper front-page and Titelthema Section. Article in German by my good friend and esteemed colleague, Dirk Peitz. |
> The images I have first shot in Bhopal have initially appeared in the following publications around December 2009, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1984 disaster: