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Philip Coburn

Philip Coburn

ContactSheet, Aftermath Genocide Rwanda GOMA

I covered the genocide in Rwanda and the aftermath during my 1st foreign assignment in 1994. Images are from a camp called Kibumba near Zaire (now DRC) where many people had fled. Disease was rife. French troops stacked the dead into piles and covered them with soil due to the thin volcanic earth

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Philip Coburn

I am a photojournalist based in London. I have been a news and editorial photographer for over 30 years now. In my career starting out covering the 'Troubles' in N. Ireland shooting in black and white film, I have covered the genocide in Rwanda, Volcano eruptions in Montserrat, Gulf War II, and dozens assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well numerous other assignments including Hurricane Katrina. I was seriously injured whilst on assignment in Helmand Province, Afghanistan when an I.E.D. blast hit the U.S. Marine M.R.A.P. in which I was travelling in on the 9th of Jan. 2010. I lost my lower legs and broke my back and spent 4 months in hospital. I returned to work later that year. Post injury assignments have included dispatches from Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, Ivory Coast, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia numerous European jobs. I recently covered the death and funeral of Pope Francis in Rome and the Conclave for a new Pope.

Philip Coburn

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film/Analog, People, Photojournalism, Photojournalism, Portrait

Location

United Kingdom

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