Teenage soldiers with the ELN (Ejercito de Liberación Nacional) rebel group in Chocó, Colombia. Most members of this unit of 25 soldiers were underage. By gettyreportage photographer juanarre.
Juan's project, "Born Into Conflict," is being exhibited at this week's 28th Visa Pour l’Image photojournalism festival. The annual festival, held in the town of Perpignan, in Southern France, brings together photographers, editors, and other photography enthusiasts to celebrate today's best photojournalism. "It is the most important festival to be a part of," Says Juan. "I am honored to have my work shown here and to share it with my peers and the public."
Juan is the winner of this year’s Humanitarian Visa d’or award, sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), for his work about child soldiers in Colombia. Over the past two years, Juan has been photographing child soldiers in that country, some of them demobilized and others still active. It is estimated that approximatel...
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