And this is too hard; on life and early death in the Congo.
04/12/13 This story won an Ossie award for best photojournalism. After spending some time in the Congo,there’s certain aspects of this bizarre and beautiful place that you get used to. Like all countries, what was once exotic becomes banal and is swiftly absorbed into everyday life. You get used to the sight of AK-47s slung across the slender shoulders of most of the men, the security nests, the barbed wire. You get used to the fetid smell of rotting food and the snotty, fly blown…