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Guy Tillim

Soldiers I, 2002 - 2003

  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait I, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait I, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait I, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait II, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait II, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait II, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait III, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait III, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait III, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IV, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait V, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait V, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait V, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VI, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VII, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VIII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VIII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait VIII, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IX, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IX, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait IX, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait X, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait X, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait X, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XI, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XII, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIII, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIII, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XIV, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XV, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XV, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5
  • Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XVI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XVI, 2002
    Mai Mai militia in training near Beni, eastern DRC, for immediate deployment with the APC, the army of the RCD-KIS-ML, Portrait XVI, 2002
    Archival pigment ink on 300g coated cotton paper, 85,5 × 59 cm
    Edition of 5

information

Guy Tillim’s Soldiers series of black-and-white handprints were taken between December 2002 and January 2003 and convey the devastating effect on civilians of the five-year war between the Congolese government and the ever-splintering rebel groups. According to UN figures, some two million people have been displaced by the conflict in eastern Congo.

On assuming power in 2001, President Joseph Kabila pledged to honor civil and political rights, but throughout 2002 he continued to exercise autocratic powers inherited from his late father and predecessor, Laurent Desire Kabila. The Ugandan and Rwandan governments continue to support various factions in securing access to one of the richest mineral areas in Africa (gold, diamonds, cobalt and columbia tantalite, or coltan). None of the factions have shown any respect for the civilian population, or for any length of time honored their cease-fire agreements.

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