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Archive - Torture 

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Exploring conflict around the world since 1947, Magnum photographers have, throughout the decades, often encountered the deplorable things that lie in darkest corners of a war. Specifically, photographers have always made an effort to capture the injustices of torture, to bear witness to the practice's brutal aftermaths and manifestations. Given the recent revelations concerning the American Central Intelligence Agency's use of torture in the years following the attacks of September 11th, here is a presentation of images from the Magnum archive that illustrate the tragic ubiquity of torture practices,... 

Moises Saman 2005

NEPAL. Kathmandu. June 2005. The man seen in this photograph,... 

Gilles Peress 1999

YUGOSLAVIA. Kosovo. Pristina. 1999. Wire garrotes at Serbian... 

Gilles Peress 1999

YUGOSLAVIA. Kosovo. Pristina. 1999. Bats, blades, and brass... 

Moises Saman 2013

EGYPT. Cairo. May 2, 2013. Beserate, an 18 year-old Eritrean... 

Moises Saman 2013

EGYPT. Cairo. May 2, 2013. Mikele, an Eritrean survivor of torture... 

Moises Saman 2013

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. April 24, 2013. Zabib Sultan, 30, is an Eritrean... 

Moises Saman 2013

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. April 25, 2013. Seble, a 24 year old Eritrean... 

Thomas Dworzak 2007

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, C.A.R. Paoa. February 2007. Villagers,... 

Jim Goldberg 2004

Greece. Athens. 2004. Man talks about his escape and the torture... 

Jim Goldberg 2005

GREECE. Lavrio. 2005. Detained Afghani refugee shows scars received... 

Thomas Dworzak 2002

RUSSIA. Grozny, Chechnya. February 2002.
Chechen man, 52 years... 
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Jim Goldberg 2005

GREECE. 2005. Lavrio Detention Center: This Afghani man resisted... 

Jim Goldberg 2006

GREECE. Collected in 2006. These are images from a torture center... 

Stuart Franklin 2011

LIBYA. Tripoli. Torture room in Ein Zara prison. 2011 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

GERMANY. Würzburg. 2013. Ashgar Hassanzadeh, 34, and his daughter... 

Patrick Zachmann 2009

Greece. September 2009. Athens. Hasan, an Afghan migrant shows... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires. 2008. Miriam Lewin. ESMA (Escuela de... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires. 2008. ESMA. Entrance leading to the... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2008

ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires. 2008. ESMA. Window of the officers'... 

Larry Towell 2006

LEBANON. Khafad Kila. November 2006. South Lebanon. Inside a... 

Susan Meiselas 2007

IRAQ. Sulaymania, Kurdistan. 2007. Artist installation in former... 

Mikhael Subotzky 2004

SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 2004. A warder demonstrates apartheid-era... 

Erich Hartmann 1994

FRANCE. near Le Struthof. 1994. A flogging table at Natzweiler... 

Bruno Barbey 1996

CAMBODIA. 1996. Tuol Sleng prison, now a museum. Him Huy, former... 

Martine Franck 1995

FRANCE. Buddhist monk, Palden GYATSO sent to France by the Dalai... 

Gilles Peress 1996

BOSNIA. Llijas. 1996. Bosnian civilian showing photographs of... 
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Patrick Zachmann 1998

Santiago. December 1998.
Jose Domingo Canas street. The Pinochet... 

Patrick Zachmann 1998

Santiago. 
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