La via dei diamanti è lunga per arrivare ad Amsterdam e ad Anversa . Questa via è lastricata di sangue e dolore.
Kadir van Lohuizen da un’ampia visione dell’industria dei diamanti con le sue immagini che seguono le pietre dalle miniere congolesi alle mani e al collo delle ricche donne occidentali che poco conoscono della loro origine: come esse si fanno strada attraverso i continenti, la storia che si macchia di sfruttamento e schiavitù, degli ingenti profitti spesso illegali e della complessità del capitalismo globale.
Mines in Koidu, Sierra Leone, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Funeral of a miner in Mbuji-Mayi. Many miners die because they drown or sand walls collapse, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
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Cafunfo is one of the richest diamond towns in the country, Angola, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Mines in Koidu. Sierra Leone, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Washing the gravel in the river near Mbuji-Mayi. Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004
Diamond divers at work in the river Cuango, Angola, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Diamond buyer at the river in Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Carrying gravel out of the mine at Bakwa Bowa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Diamond found at the Sewa river. Sierra Leone, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Diamond market in Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
Surat is the main polishing center for diamonds in the world. About 70 to 80 percent of the world diamond production passes through here, India, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
The exchange for rough diamonds in Antwerp., Belgium, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
The diamond area in Antwerp., Belgium, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
An exclusive jewelry store on Fifth Avenue in New York. United States, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
An exclusive party in London. England, 2004 © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
All photos © Kadir van Lohuizen/ NOOR
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