Staged Portraits - 1st prize
People of Mercy
Stephan Vanfleteren
Panos for Mercy Ships / De Standaard
Panos for Mercy Ships / De Standaard
10 October, 2012
People receiving treatment on Africa Mercy, a hospital ship docked at Conakry, Guinea.
Stephan Vanfleteren
Stephan Vanfleteren lives and works in his native Belgium. After his photography studies he started to work as a freelancer in 1993. His black-and-white documentary photography ...
Conakry, Guinea
Fofana Mamadou (52)
“It doesn’t hurt, but it’s not a beautiful sight. People laugh. I can cover my body, but not my face. My wife left me, because she could not live with a man like me.”
People receiving treatment on Africa Mercy, a hospital ship docked at Conakry, Guinea.
