Amateur Photographer

Changing perceptions

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Photography played a huge role in highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Sudan during the1980s and '90s. Even today, just a mention of the country's name to those of us over a certain age is enough to bring back memories of the many heartbreaking images shot during the Sudanese famine of1998. But while those images may be seared into our brains so we can recall them as if

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