Pascal Maitre

Reportages

Pascal Maitre. Afghanistan, 1992. Kabul. In the mosque of Chindawol, women stand in the area specially reserved for them, waiting for prayer to begin. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. USA, 2018. Memphis. Rock concert in a former brothel where women died from yellow fever. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Eritrea, 1992. A man, lost in thought, in a bar with clear Italian influence at Asmara. Maybe he does not yet realise that the long war for independence is over. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Niger, 1993. Fighters of the Tuareg Rebellion. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Mali, 2019. Dozo traditional hunters from the Bambara people have been drafted into a militia. They are assisted and supported by the Malian government, which makes them fight against the Fula people, who have joined the Islamists. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Congo, 2012. The fashionable Sapeurs (a French acronym for the “Society of Atmosphere-makers and Persons of Elegance”) of the Léopards du Congo group in the Matonge neighbourhood. They wear second-hand clothes by leading designers such as Yamamoto, Dolce & Gabbana, and Paul Smith. The Sape fashion statement first appeared in the late 1970s as a reaction to the ‘authenticity’ advocated by Mobutu, who banned western-style clothing. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Niger, 1996. Wodaabe women struggling against a sand storm in the plain of Azawak. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Niger, 2018. Izala Islamic school at Agadez. The Izala reform movement advocates a return to the foundations and the use of conservative practices. The movement is historically connected with Boko Haram founder Mohamed Yusuf. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Madagascar, 2016. Manarintsoa is a poor neighbourhood of Antananarivo with no street lighting. Here, a street vendor is selling hot dishes. It is difficult to survive in the capital, one of the poorest cities in the world. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Chad, 2015. The village of Ngouboua on Lake Chad was the target of Boko Haram’s first attack in Chad. On February 13, 2015, 46 armed men in four dugouts with outboard motors ambushed the village at 3 o’clock in the morning, targeting and killing the district officer and setting fire to many of the homes. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos

Pascal Maitre. Niger, 2007. A migrants’ truck in the Tenere Desert. Thousands of people, mostly from Nigeria, Ghana and Mali, cross the daunting desert hoping to find work in Libya or to reach Europe. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.

Pascal Maitre. Congo, 2012. In 1914, the Belgians set up the Binga palm oil processing plant. In 1999, everything was looted during the Congolese Civil War, and the Belgians left, abandoning their plantations covering 16,000 hectares or 40,000 acres and a total of four industrial plants for processing palm oil, rubber, coffee and cocoa. Everything was bought up by Mr. Blattner, GBE Group CEO. When we eat a well-known hazelnut chocolate spread or use cosmetics containing palm oil, we are no doubt unaware of the working conditions of labourers in the palm oil industry. © Pascal Maitre/Myop/Panos.