The 39-year-old British photographer said the conversation with Jintana was pivotal for him, inspiring him to refocus his lens on the deadly battle for land, environmental and human rights. In 2015, Duggleby began photographing framed portraits of human rights activists who have been killed. The 35 photos - documenting 37 activists killed over the last 20 years - have been exhibited with support from the rights group Protection International at the United Nations in Geneva and European Parliament in Brussels. The activists whose images Duggleby captured fought to expose illegal concessions for palm oil plantations, protect forests from illegal logging, and protest environmental pollution caused by mines. "You can't stop a project like this... To stop a project like this would be an injustice to those who were killed later," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 31, 2017 06:33 UTC