The Violence of Silence by Paul Patrick Borhaug

PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

The Violence of Silence

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Sahlka stands outside her refugee tent in Western Sahara. She has been living in this tent for 35 years.

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A Polisario guard sits at a desert outpost.

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Kids playing on an old car in Tindouf Refugee Camp, Algeria.

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An Polisario war veteran.

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A man is seen walking past heaps of containers having once brought food-aid to the Refugee camps of Tindouf, Algeria.

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Kazim -A Saharawi man sits outside a butcher in 28th of February refugee camp.

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Ibrahim - A Saharawi man.

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Mbira - A Saharawi woman in a traditional dress.

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Najla - Saharawi woman outside her home.

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Malak - A saharawi girl in a traditional dress.

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Aziza - Saharawi woman gazing over Smara refugee camp.

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Idriss - A member of the Somaliland Guurti (House of Elders)

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Salimata - Sahelian Girl in todays occupied area of Azawad.

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Soldiers standing guard outside Hargeisa Airport, Somaliland.

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Special Protection Unit soldier on top of an old Russian tank in Berbera, Somaliland.

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Two schoolgirls in front of an old tank in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

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Moneychangers in the streets of Hargeisa, Somaliland.

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Soldiers chewing Khat, Somaliland.

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Camel herder, Somaliland.

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An old couple outside their home in todays occupied Azawad.

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Guarani indian chiefs fighting off evil spirits, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil.

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A fence separating occupied Guarani territory and makeshift shacks of Guarani-Kaiowa people wanting to reoccupy.

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A young Guarani Kaiowa girl, living under occupation by ranch owners.

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A young Guarani - Kaiowa.

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Guarani - Kaiowa Chief.

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Guarani Kaiowa chief.

The Violence of Silence

Public Project

Credits: paul patrick borhaug

Updated: 12/15/12

The Violence of Silence is a project that seeks to portray life in a forgotten or silenced conflict, where oppressing powers continue to enforce direct and indirect violence. The project investigates the respective cases of Somaliland, Western Sahara, Azawad (Mali), Peru and Brazil.