Platon: The Defenders: Heroes of the Global Fight for Human Rights

Platon's Defenders presents five photo essays spanning 15 years of work on human rights movements in Burma, Egypt, Russia, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, featuring portraits of monks, sex workers, former child soldiers, and political leaders, as well as victims of inhumane immigration policies and sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 16 May 2024
Publisher: Mw Editions

Platon, a renowned portraitist, has dedicated fifteen years to visually capturing and documenting human rights movements across the globe, from Cairo to the Congo. His work, showcased in The Defenders, comprises five photo essays spanning a significant period of time. In Burma, Platon captured portraits of monks, sex workers, former child soldiers, and the controversial political leader Aung San Suu Kyi. During the 2011 Egyptian revolution, he was on the ground in Cairo, documenting the demands of the people for the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. In Russia, he documented dissidents who had faced oppressive governments. Along the US-Mexico border, he documented the victims of inhumane immigration policies. The chapter on the Congo delves into the ongoing trauma of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Platon's photographs are accompanied by short texts that provide contextual information and retell his own stories of shooting on location. The book also includes a poster.

Weight: 4262g
Dimension: 251 x 358 x 48 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9798987784501