People in the News, 3rd prize
Jodi Bieber
Network Photographers for The New York Times Magazine
Network Photographers for The New York Times Magazine
01 November, 2000
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda: burial of a victim. Ambulance workers have to wear protective clothing and dare not touch victims. Their job is to transport the sick and bury the dead. The virus causes massive hemorrhaging, and is highly infectious. There is no cure, and it kills around half the people infected.
Jodi Bieber
After completing three short courses at the Market Photography Workshop in Johannesburg, Jodi Bieber participated in a photographic training programme at the Star newspaper, unde...
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