Rena Effendi

Photographer
    
Gandhi
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality: Azerbaijan
Biography: Rena Effendi’s early work focused on oil industry’s effects on people’s lives.  As a result, she followed a 1,700 km oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, collecting stories along the way. This work was published in 2009... MORE
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Gandhi
Copyright Rena Effendi 2024
Date of Work Mar 2013 - Nov 2013
Updated Apr 2018
Topics Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism

This story portrays Mahatma Gandhi and his enduring legacy in modern-day India trailing across the sub-continent with an attempt to put "flesh and bones" on Gandhi's ideas and values, finding people on whose life and work Gandhi made a lasting impact. The story also follows along the path of the Salt March in Gandhi's home state of Gujarat, photographing the modern day landscape from the historic route that was a pivotal point in India's fight for independence. 


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