Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: History, Local Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781776094028
Published: September 2019
Page Extent: 228
Format: e-Book
RRP 220.00

Shots from the Edge

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Award-winning photojournalist Greg Marinovich has covered war and conflict throughout Africa and the world. In Shots from the Edge he recounts his experiences in these hotspots, and recalls his encounters with rebels, child soldiers, illegal immigrants, militia members, peacekeepers, aid workers, genocide survivors and orphans, each with a remarkable story to tell. With compassion and care, Marinovich documents more than two decades’ worth of turbulent history and reveals the human side of the conflicts. Some of the moments are deeply moving and profound; others so surreal as to blur into insanity. Covering South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Chechnya, India, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Trump’s America, this book exposes the...

About the Author

Greg Marinovich

Greg Marinovich

Greg Marinovich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, filmmaker and author. He was a member of the Bang-Bang Club, and co-author of The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots of a Hidden War, about South Africa's transition to democracy. His most recent book, Murder at Small Koppie: The Truth Behind the Marikana Massacre, won the 2017 Alan Paton Award. He has spent 25 years covering conflict around the globe, his writing and photographs appearing in magazines and newspapers worldwide. Marinovich was editor-in-chief of the Twenty Ten project, tutoring and managing over 100 African journalists' work in all forms of media. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2013/14 and teaches visual journalism at Boston University's journalism school and at Harvard University.

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