2018 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize

White Rage - USA

Photographer

Espen Rasmussen

VG, Panos Pictures

01 October, 2017

Danny Bollinger (43), leader of the militia group My Brothers Threepers on his couch in Maryland. The group was at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville saying they were on a mission from the right to prevent violence.

Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface.

About the photographer

Espen Rasmussen

He works as a picture editor at VG Helg, the weekend magazine of daily Norwegian newspaper, VG. He is represented by Panos Pictures Espen has won numerous awards for his work, i...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/15
Focal length
40.0 mm
F-Stop
2.8
ISO
800

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