http://www.marcusbleasdale.com/podcast Marcus has spent seven years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the work was published in his book "One Hundred Years of Darkness". He is widely published in the UK, Europe and the USA in publications such as The Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Saturday Magazine, GEO Magazine, The New Yorker, TIME and Newsweek and National Geographic Magazine. Over the years he has received several first prizes in Picture of the Year and NPPA awards. In 2004 he was awarded UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award, the 3p Photographer Award and the Alexia Foundation Grant, he exhibited in New York Moving Walls 2005 and was awarded the Open Society Institute Distribution Grant 2005 for his work with Human Rights Watch. In 2005 and 2006 he was short-listed for the Eugene Smith Award and was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by POYi. In 2006 he was awarded the Prestigious Olivier Rebbot Award for Best Foreign Reporting in the USA Marcus Bleasdale Marcus Bleasdale marcus@marcusbleasdale.com en-us 720 (C) Marcus Bleasdale 2007 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:06:05 +0000 Marcus Bleasedale, Ed Massey, photography, photo, photographers, Darfur, photojournalism, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, militia, casserite, coltan, copper, warlord, rape, torture No The Democratic Republic of Congo carries the tragic label of the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated four million people have died since 1998. Different militia groups and government forces battle it out on a daily basis in the east of the country for control of the mineral rich areas where they can exploit Gold, Coltan, Cassiterite and Diamonds. There are 18 major natural resources in DRC all of which at some stage have proved to be a curse on the people of DRC. Government troops and UN soldiers have worked over the past months to try to expel the Militia forces from their strongholds. This has led to the deaths of thousands and the displacement of tens of thousands. Families flee from their burnt villages to areas where they hope they can rest and seek sanctuary from the fighting. Hi Resolution The Democratic Republic of Congo carries the tragic label of the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated four million people have died since 1998. Different militia groups and government forces battle it out on a daily basis in the east of the country for control of the mineral rich areas where they can exploit Gold, Coltan, Cassiterite and Diamonds. There are 18 major natural resources in DRC all of which at some stage have proved to be a curse on the people of DRC. Government troops and UN soldiers have worked over the past months to try to expel the Militia forces from their strongholds. This has led to the deaths of thousands and the displacement of tens of thousands. Families flee from their burnt villages to areas where they hope they can rest and seek sanctuary from the fighting. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:12:20 +0100 00:10:07 http://marcusbleasdale.com/podcast/congo-the-forgotten-war-large.html http://marcusbleasdale.com/podcast/congo-the-forgotten-war-large.html The Democratic Republic of Congo carries the tragic label of the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated four million people have died since 1998. Different militia groups and government forces battle it out on a daily basis in the east of the country for control of the mineral rich areas where they can exploit Gold, Coltan, Cassiterite and Diamonds. There are 18 major natural resources in DRC all of which at some stage have proved to be a curse on the people of DRC. Government troops and UN soldiers have worked over the past months to try to expel the Militia forces from their strongholds. This has led to the deaths of thousands and the displacement of tens of thousands. Families flee from their burnt villages to areas where they hope they can rest and seek sanctuary from the fighting. Low Resolution The Democratic Republic of Congo carries the tragic label of the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated four million people have died since 1998. Different militia groups and government forces battle it out on a daily basis in the east of the country for control of the mineral rich areas where they can exploit Gold, Coltan, Cassiterite and Diamonds. There are 18 major natural resources in DRC all of which at some stage have proved to be a curse on the people of DRC. Government troops and UN soldiers have worked over the past months to try to expel the Militia forces from their strongholds. This has led to the deaths of thousands and the displacement of tens of thousands. Families flee from their burnt villages to areas where they hope they can rest and seek sanctuary from the fighting. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:12:20 +0100 00:10:07 http://marcusbleasdale.com/podcast/congo-the-forgotten-war-large.html http://marcusbleasdale.com/podcast/congo-the-forgotten-war-large.html