{"id":3379,"date":"2021-10-23T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/reflections-in-kibera-slum-nairobi-kenya-hossein-fatemis-best-phone-picture\/"},"modified":"2021-10-23T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T07:43:08","slug":"reflections-in-kibera-slum-nairobi-kenya-hossein-fatemis-best-phone-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/23\/reflections-in-kibera-slum-nairobi-kenya-hossein-fatemis-best-phone-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya: Hossein Fatemi\u2019s best phone picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018The poverty I saw really shocked me, but also the people I saw were happy, they were friendly, they were sharing\u2019<\/p>\n

The trip Hossein Fatemi made to Somalia in 2011, on assignment for an Iranian organisation, marked a turning point in his career. The New York-based photojournalist had covered many serious situations, but what he saw in Mogadishu \u2013 \u201cthousands of children dying in desert hospitals, without food or water, without anything\u201d \u2013 is something, he says, that he will never forget.<\/p>\n

Fatemi returned to east Africa the following year with a group of Iranian photographers to focus on the lives of the refugees fleeing not only the conflict but also the drought and the flooding. He shot only on his phone because it puts people at ease. \u201cMost of my colleagues would not risk relying solely on their phones,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it gave me more flexibility and lent a more natural feel to the images.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u2018The poverty I saw really shocked me, but also the people I saw were happy, they were friendly, they were sharing\u2019
\nThe trip Hossein Fatemi made to Somalia in 2011, on assignment for an Iranian organisation, marked a turning point in his career. The New York-based photojournalist had covered many serious situations, but what he saw in Mogadishu \u2013 \u201cthousands of children dying in desert hospitals, without food or water, without anything\u201d \u2013 is something, he says, that he will never forget.
\nFatemi returned to east Africa the following year with a group of Iranian photographers to focus on the lives of the refugees fleeing not only the conflict but also the drought and the flooding. He shot only on his phone because it puts people at ease. \u201cMost of my colleagues would not risk relying solely on their phones,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it gave me more flexibility and lent a more natural feel to the images.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018The poverty I saw really shocked me, but also the people I saw were happy, they were friendly, they were sharing\u2019 The trip Hossein Fatemi made to Somalia in 2011, on assignment for an Iranian organisation, marked a turning point in his career. The New York-based photojournalist had covered many serious situations, but what he …<\/p>\n

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