iWitness: Flood and Famine in Africa by Tom Stoddart

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iWitness: Flood and Famine in Africa

Photographs by Tom Stoddart

Published by Trolley Ltd. (UK)

356 pages. 222 photographs. Dimensions (in inches): 10.6 x 9.5

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iWitness: Flood and Famine in Africa

Photographs by Tom Stoddart

During a long and distinguished career in photojournalism, Tom Stoddart has documented many of the world's most incredible events. These have included the scourge of famine and AIDS in Africa, the strife of civil war in the Balkans — and the monumental destruction of a superpower in Iraq.

His powerful, humanistic, black and white photographs have won him many awards and the international respect of his peers.

"iWitness" is as much a celebration of Mr. Stoddart's exceptional career as a photojournalist as it is a merciless account of the day-to-day business of how the world conducts itself.

This is an intensely personal view by an observer who refuses to believe that human beings can only exist in conflict with each other and the environment they inhabit.

About Tom Stoddart

Tom Stoddart is a founding member of The Independent Photographers Group.

As one of the world's most respected photojournalists, Mr. Stoddart concentrates on producing campaigning photographic projects on issues of our time.

Among the many awards he has won are: Nikon Photographer of the Year (1991, 1992, 2002), World Press Awards (1995, 2001), Picture of the Year (1996, 2001, 2003), and the Larry Burrows Award from the Eddie Adams Workshop (2003).

Text by Trolley Ltd.

The emaciated legs of a girl at Ajiep, where tens of thousands sought aid during the famine. [Sudan, 1998]

Desperately hungry people run to recover maize from a World Food Program airdrop. Each flight drops enough food to feed 40,000 starving people for one day. [Sudan, 1998]

Distressed and thirsty, two young brothers wait to be rescued from the worst flooding in 50 years. [Mozambique, 2000]

Residents of Chokwe desparately try to escape the rising floodwater. [Mozambique, 2000]

Laden with all of their remaining possessions, a family wades through the flooded streets of Chokwe, Mozambique. [2000]

At $28,000 for each drop, it cost the UN over $21 million a month to deliver food into one of the most remote areas of Sudan. [1998]

A well nourished Sudanese man steals maize from a starving child during a food distribution at the Médecins Sans Frontières feeding center at Ajiep. [Sudan, 1998]