2014 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize

War and Mental Health After Crisis

Photographer

Robin Hammond

29 June, 2011

Abdi Rahman Shukri Ali has lived in a locked shack in the Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya for two years. 

In areas of crisis—in failed states, in refugee camps, in countries where the infrastructure has collapsed—the mentally ill are frequently condemned to neglect or lives of misery. Disregarded in parts of the world by government and the aid community, sometimes far from family support networks, the mentally ill can lead isolated lives, subject to ill treatment.

About the photographer

Robin Hammond

The winner of two World Press Photo prizes, the RF Kennedy Journalism Award, three Pictures of the Year International Awards, the W.Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography,...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/800
Focal length
27.0 mm
F-Stop
8.0
ISO
400
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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