Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize
Jodi Bieber
NB Pictures for Amnesty International / MSF
NB Pictures for Amnesty International / MSF
01 January, 2004
Survivors of domestic violence: the kitchen knife with which Cassandra Emma Moyo had been stabbed by her husband. In South Africa one in four women is beaten regularly by her intimate partner, and one woman is killed by her partner every six days. A woman is raped every 26 seconds.
Jodi Bieber
Jodi Bieber is a photographer from South Africa whose work explores contemporary issues related to gender, politics and identity, often contradicting the mainstream media narrati...
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