Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revo (...)
lutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized people blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical condition developed went untreated. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. Warblind patient awaiting surgery. A large number of people lost eyes during the civil war in Sierra Leone, either through gunshot, shrapnel, or rebel torture (...)
. This man had his eye gouged out by rebel forces of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revo (...)
lutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized people blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical condition developed went untreated. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Blind Sight As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revolutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized p (...)
eople blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Freetown, Sierra Leone. October, 2000. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revo (...)
lutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized people blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical condition developed went untreated. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington | Blind Sight As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical cond (...)
ition developed went untreated. Freetown, Sierra Leone. October, 2000. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revo (...)
lutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized people blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical condition developed went untreated. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos
Tim Hetherington SIERRA LEONE. Freetown. October, 2000. As a result of the civil war, many people were left with serious medical conditions. As well as the more common abuses of amputation, the fighters of the Revo (...)
lutionary Front (RUF) also terrorized people blind by cutting their eyes out. Others lost their eyes to shrapnel or as a result of being caught up in combat. Many simply lost their eyesight because they did not have access to a doctor and therefore a simple medical condition developed went untreated. © Tim Hetherington | Magnum Photos