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Illustration done for Global Press Journal, on the dangers of the unstable electrical grid in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
©Lily Padula, 2018
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“I know I have an inner peace, and try to maintain a calm approach to life, work and its problems. This peace has been a long time coming.
I believe it is partly to do with age — you begin to appreciate the things that really matter in life and to realise that most of the things you have spent years worrying about do not matter as much as you thought they did.
But more than that, since working with MSF I feel I have found my place in the world.
I have always struggled with the concept of patriotism, at least the idea of belonging to a particular spot on the globe.
My belief is that we are citizens of the world, all human beings together, all with the same basic urge to live in peace.
I have come to realise that my place in the world is not a geographical location, it is who I am and how I interact with the world — this MSF life has given me the chance to interact in a way which does not place importance on nationality, race, religion but on humanity.
It suits my beliefs, ethics and interests, and brings me peace.”
Barbara Pawulska, Flying Pharmacist for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Learn more about MSF’s work in the DRC.
Kodak’s Aerochrome color infrared film was developed by the U.S. military in the 1940s for camouflage detection. It reveals a part of the light spectrum that is invisible to the human eye, producing a unique color palette that artists, like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, would use for a psychedelic effect on album covers years later.
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Botryoidal Malachite
Locality:L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Size:12.7 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm
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