Contemporary Issues, 3rd prize
White Rage - USA
Espen Rasmussen
VG, Panos Pictures
VG, Panos Pictures
29 September, 2017
The home of Tommy Kinder in Fort Creek, West Virginia. Kinder says he is a patriot and proud of his country.
Degrees of rage in three US states: a journey made in the weeks after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally was the first gathering of far-right groups from all over the country in decades, held in part to demonstrate opposition to the removal of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
The photographer travelled through Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland meeting a range of people, from extreme right activists to patriots and those angry at the way the US is governed, in an attempt to understand why white anger has risen to the surface.
Espen Rasmussen
He works as a picture editor at VG Helg, the weekend magazine of daily Norwegian newspaper, VG. He is represented by Panos Pictures Espen has won numerous awards for his work, i...
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