... but what he witnessed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had changed him profoundly in his professional and private life. Having spent time in one of the poorest countries in the world and yet the richest in natural resources, documenting everyday life, the miners, the child soldiers that protect the mines and the refugees

The conflict and resulting humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998 and continues to leave as many as 45,000 dead every month.