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  • Tin fever, Bangka, Indonesia
    Tin fever, Bangka, Indonesia
    76 images
    Thousands miners from all over Indonesia come to Bangka Island (Indonesia, Indian Ocean), to work under hard circumstances in illegal and dangerous tin mines. The island is devastated by this deadly tin rush, a direct consequence of the success of smartphones and tablets like iPhones and iPads from Apple or Samsung. Illegal tin causes environmental damage, injuries and regular casualties among miners. Most mines are exploited illegally and accidents occur. Every year between 100 and 150 miners drown in the sea, die in landslides or from diseases like malaria. Children as young as 3 have died in the mines. The island is covered by over ten thousand mining pits containing water poluted with heavy metals. Craters are everywhere: along roads, in the middle of the jungle and in gardens in front of houses. Offshore mining destroys the coral reef: the miners who work on the sea on makeshift rafts dig for tin by sucking the sand from the sea floor. Smartphone brands like Samsung and Apple decline all responsibility for the environmental situation in Bangka and refused to give transparency in their tin supply chain. The demand and price for tin have increased due to its use in smart phones and tablets, explaining the Tin rush. Indonesia is the worlds biggest tin provider, vital for assembling smart phones and other electronic products.
  • Refugees, Syrian border, Turkey
    Refugees, Syrian border, Turkey
    32 images
    On the Syrian - Turkish border near Kilis, newly arrived refugees from Aleppo avoid Turkish border controls and cross the border illegally. Because Turkey is saturated with refugees, they will likely get no help, no work, and no place in a refugee camp. Many refugees return to Aleppo after a few months in Turkey, now saturated with refugees.
  • Aviation security
    Aviation security
    41 images
    French aviation security at airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, the air plane inspectors of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation control air crafts - their appearance on the tarmac just minutes from take-off is a nightmare for pilots and mechanics. 35 year-old Nesrine is the only female technical controller at the airport of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle - she can prevent an aircraft from taking off and force its passengers to exit the plane if she detects a security breach. She inspects about two air crafts per day. Every minute of delay can cost up to 1,500 euro to the company. In 2012, 2,442 flights of foreign airline companies have been inspected. 673 of them were delayed before taking off because of security problems. Three planes needed so much maintenance that they were forbidden from taking off.
  • Commissioned portraits
    Commissioned portraits
    223 images
  • Offshoring - French Industrial decline
    Offshoring - French Industrial decline
    19 images
  • WingsuiteChamonix
    WingsuiteChamonix
    62 images
  • Syria-January-11-2012
    Syria-January-11-2012
    40 images
  • Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, March 2012
    Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, March 2012
    64 images
  • Police violence against woman, Tunisia
    Police violence against woman, Tunisia
    64 images
  • Drugs Traffic, Marseille
    Drugs Traffic, Marseille
    36 images
  • Tunisia assasination of Belaïd
    Tunisia assasination of Belaïd
    56 images
  • Woman Guards
    Woman Guards
    13 images
  • Slabs
    Slabs
    10 images
  • Habitants French Alpes help migrants
    Habitants French Alpes help migrants
    51 images
  • Gold Mine in DR Congo
    Gold Mine in DR Congo
    16 images
  • Chalghoumi
    Chalghoumi
    19 images
  • PARIS - FRANCE - DEMONSTRATION AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE AND ARTICLE 24
    PARIS - FRANCE - DEMONSTRATION...
    21 images
  • Portrait Vanessa Springora
    Portrait Vanessa Springora
    6 images
  • Portrait Arthur Brandt
    Portrait Arthur Brandt
    17 images
  • Prints
    Prints
    27 images
  • Portrait Stein van Oosteren
    Portrait Stein van Oosteren
    7 images
  • Lac de Serre Ponçon dried out
    Lac de Serre Ponçon dried out
    20 images
  • Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA)
    Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA)
    34 images
  • French Suburbs
    French Suburbs
    2 galleries

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