Contemporary Issues, 2nd prize
War and Mental Health After Crisis
Robin Hammond
13 October, 2012
Many patients treated by the Reverend Apostle S. B. Eswani stay chained for months in his compound. The preacher says he has cured hundreds of people of mental illness, using prayer and traditional medicines.
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,...
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