MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03: A Liberian Ministry of Health worker, dressed in an anti-contamination suit, speaks to Banu, 4, in a holding center for suspected Ebola patients at Redemption Hospital on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. He had arrived there with his sick mother and two siblings to be tested for Ebola. His father died of the disease a week before. Patients there are tested for Ebola and if the results are positive, are sent to an Ebola treatment unit (ETU). The epidemic has killed more than 3,300 people in West Africa according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
With all the local Ebola news of late — myriad references to Dallas being “Ground Zero” for the disease’s appearance in the United States — I’ve been thinking a lot about photos from the much larger apex, the African continent. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the work of John Moore.
Moore, an Irving, Texas-native and staffer with Getty Images, has been documenting the disease, principally in Liberia, for months now. If you have seen any Ebola imagery coming out of Liberia since then, it’s very likely you’ve seen Moore’s.
His Ebola work has been featured on a lot of other sites, but I thought I’d take a second and showcase it on our blog as well, especially given the very real location connection we now have.
The DMN, and especially my colleagues in the Photography Department, have been doing a tremendous job following this story since day one. But John’s work — that’s a different level all together. Tragic, touching, and, from a visual standpoint, masterful.
Don’t take my word for it — see for yourself below, in a slideshow of 20 images highlighted by his editors at Getty.
- gerry -
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