Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer / Resident of Ukraine since 2014 / speaking Ukrainian and documenting the war in Ukraine for The Wall Street Journal
Biography:
Christopher Occhicone is a documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine for the last 14 plus years. He covers general and breaking news, as well as the war in Ukraine. For more than four years, he has been working on an...
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Focus:Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Health, Environment, History, Documentary, News, Domestic, Foreign, Portraiture, Humanitarian, Human Rights, Artist
Skills:Digital Printing, Photo Assisting, Color Correction, Film Scanning, Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Color Printing, Print Making, Curating, Copywriting, Exhibition Design, Photojournalism, Film Photography
Misrata, Libya - Prisoners queue for chest x-rays provided by the National Center for Disease Control. .The Al-Jawiya Reform and Rehabilitation Center is the main detention center for former Ghadaffi loyalists and pro-Gadaffi fighters.
Misrata, Libya - Prisoners are allowed to receive food, books, and clothes from relatives during weekly visits. Approximately 8-10 prisoners share a the cell which has its own bathroom and shower.
Misrata, Libya - Prison director Col. Abubriedaa explains how he has tried to create a modern, professional prison. Before the fighting between Libya Dawn and Zintan / General Haftar, he had requested and received training from British prison authorities.
Misrata, Libya - Guards call up groups of prisoners for exams provided by the National Center for Disease Control. Guards reported that better health care and a prison commissary has made the prisoners more compliant.
Misrata, Libya - Former pro-Gadaffi fighters in the newly constructed The Al-Jawiya Reform and Rehabilitation Center. As prisoners were considered in the modern facility from smaller, make-shift prisons, most have had trials and gotten specific sentences.
Misrata, Libya - A former Gadaffi loyalist who has a zabiba, or prayer bumb. Many of the prisoners have become more religious. Authoriites monitor for possible radicalization.
Misrata, Libya - A prisoner works in the facilities commissary. Inmates recieve money from family or earn from jobs around the prison. Their money is kept in a prison bank, their pruchases are recorded, and the amounts deducted from their balance.