June 28, 2008
Access To Life: Kassi Keita and Mariam Dembele
Martin Fuchs
Kassi Keita & Mariam Dembele. Access To Life/Mali © Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum Photos
"What I witnessed in Mali is such a giant leap forward that only a few years ago it was just unthinkable. Working in this human landscape it’s a lot about feeling for these people and what they go through. These emotional aspects were even stronger in Kassi’s case because he was such a small and cute little kid. As it sometimes happens in life there is a strange immediate connection to somebody and in my case, of all the people in Mali that I met, it was with him and his mother. Despite the fact that we couldn’t really communicate that well - at least verbally - but I just had a great immediate sense of emotion and pathos for this young child, this young man."
Paolo Pellegrin on his experience working with Kassi Keita and Mariam Dembele.
Links
» Access To Life / Mali
» Access To Life Website
» The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Published on the Magnum Blog on June 28, 2008
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