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2018— Des bandes propres sont mises à sécher sur un buisson, technique insalubre utilisée par les patients que les soignants tentent en vain de changer. ENG. — 04/07/2018. Balaveng, Cameroon. — Clean bands are put to dry on a bush, an unsanitary technique used by patients that caregivers try in vain to change.

The Wound Hospital

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The Wound Hospital:  Adrienne Surprenant presents a series of photographs taken by Dawson alumna, Adrienne Surprenant, in the mountains of Balaveng, Cameroon, in Central Africa.

A graduate of Dawson’s Professional Photography Department in 2012, Adrienne Surprenant has forged an international career in photojournalism.  Her images have been published in  Paris Match, El Pais Semanal, Le Monde Diplomatique, and The Globe and Mail.   In 2017, she was embedded with UN peacekeepers for Vice News, and was named to the 2017 list of 30 under 30 women photographers.  She is interested in identity construction as it is related to concepts of land, territory, and nation, and she is committed to long-term projects exploring social and environmental issues.

Featured artists:
Adrienne Surprenant

Last Modified: November 16, 2021