Andrew McConnell
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Irish b.1977
Andrew began his photographic career in Belfast, working as a press photographer during the closing stages of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland and the transition to peace. In 2003 he decided to move on from press photography to more in-depth work, driven by a desire to work on stories around the world which were under-reported and deserved more attention.
After working in Asia for a year he moved to Africa in 2007 where he covered issues like the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, e-waste in Ghana, life under Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara.
Andrew began his photographic career in Belfast, working as a press photographer during the closing stages of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland and the transition to peace. In 2003 he decided to move on from press photography to more in-depth work, driven by a desire to work on stories around the world which were under-reported and deserved more attention.
After working in Asia for a year he moved to Africa in 2007 where he covered issues like the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, e-waste in Ghana, life under Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara.
Mahmoud Alyrashi, 21, rides a wave off Gaza City. 'We want to show the world...
Mahmoud Alyrashi, 21, rides a wave off Gaza City. 'We want to show the world that we are not killers as they think, but we are peaceful people. When I surf I feel free, like a bird feels when it flies...
2011
Ibrahim Alamassi, 22, breaks through the surf off Gaza City.
Ibrahim Alamassi, 22, breaks through the surf off Gaza City.
2011
Horses and their owners take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza City. The...
Horses and their owners take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza City. The sea is a much needed distraction from the struggles of daily life in Gaza.
2011
Amer Aldos, 17, and Asam Abu Assi, 33, enter the sea from Gaza City. In the...
Amer Aldos, 17, and Asam Abu Assi, 33, enter the sea from Gaza City. In the background, people have brought horses to bathe in the sea.
2011
Children break apart CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors to salvage metal from...
Children break apart CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors to salvage metal from inside at Agbogbloshie dump, which has become a dumping ground for computers and electronic waste from all over the developed...
Children burn cables from computers and other electronic equipment in order to...
Children burn cables from computers and other electronic equipment in order to retrieve copper, at Agbogbloshie dump, which has become a dumping ground for computers and electronic waste from all over...
03/2009
Goats are herded through a haze of e-waste smoke around the Agbogbloshie dump,...
Goats are herded through a haze of e-waste smoke around the Agbogbloshie dump, which has become a dumping ground for computers and electronic waste from all over the developed world. Hundreds of tons...
03/2009
The Chefferie IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp, home to 4,000 people,...
The Chefferie IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp, home to 4,000 people, in the town of Kitchanga. The camp started to form in October 2007 and four months later still had not received humanitaria...
02/2008
The Chefferie IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp, home to 4,000 people,...
The Chefferie IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp, home to 4,000 people, in the town of Kitchanga. The camp started to form in October 2007 and four months later still had not received humanitaria...
02/2008
Indian MONUC (UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) peacekeeping...
Indian MONUC (UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo) peacekeeping troops near the border with Rwanda.
01/2008
Displaced children sit outside their makeshift homes in the Mugunga I IDP...
Displaced children sit outside their makeshift homes in the Mugunga I IDP camp, home to over 10,000 people.
02/2008
Minatu Lanabas Suidat, 25 year old Saharawi journalist. Pictured in Tifariti,...
Minatu Lanabas Suidat, 25 year old Saharawi journalist. Pictured in Tifariti, in Polisario controlled Western Sahara (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic): 'I was born in El Aaiun refugee camp in 1984....
09/2009
Ali Salem Salma, 41, statistician for the Saharawi government. Pictured...
Ali Salem Salma, 41, statistician for the Saharawi government. Pictured watching TV at home with his wife, Nabba, and four year old son, Khadda, in Smara refugee camp, Algeria: 'I was born in El Aaiun...
10/2009
Hamdi Jaafar Mohammed, 46, Soldier of the Polisario Front. Pictured atop a...
Hamdi Jaafar Mohammed, 46, Soldier of the Polisario Front. Pictured atop a tank in Tifariti, in Polisario controlled Western Sahara (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic): 'I was born in 1963 in Wagcedhi...
09/2009
Malainin Aomar, 66 year old Saharawi soldier of the Polisario Front. Pictured...
Malainin Aomar, 66 year old Saharawi soldier of the Polisario Front. Pictured watching the Moroccan wall near Auserd, in Polisario controlled Western Sahara (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic): 'I was...
05/2009
Name withheld, 26 year old Saharawi. Pictured at an undisclosed location in...
Name withheld, 26 year old Saharawi. Pictured at an undisclosed location in Moroccan controlled Western Sahara (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic). The subject's name and location have been withheld f...
11/2009
Acholi cattle are herded home for the evening after grazing around Lake Katwe.
Acholi cattle are herded home for the evening after grazing around Lake Katwe.
12/2007
A man removes mud from a salt pan in Lake Katwe. Mud gathers on the bed of...
A man removes mud from a salt pan in Lake Katwe. Mud gathers on the bed of the pan and must be taken out before salt can be extracted. The mud is used to build up the walls of the pan. The people of...
12/2007
A fishermen, stands in a torrent of water as he checks a fish trap attached to...
A fishermen, stands in a torrent of water as he checks a fish trap attached to a wooden scaffold at Boyoma Falls (known locally as Wagenia Falls). This is the last of seven cataracts below which the L...
08/2010
A fisherman checks a basket at Bamanga on the Lualaba River. Bamanga is the...
A fisherman checks a basket at Bamanga on the Lualaba River. Bamanga is the second cataract on Boyoma Falls (known locally as Wagenia Falls). Below the seven cataracts the Lualaba River becomes the Co...
08/2010
Fishermen check fish traps attached to a wooden scaffold at Boyoma Falls...
Fishermen check fish traps attached to a wooden scaffold at Boyoma Falls (known locally as Wagenia Falls). This is the last of seven cataracts below which the Lualaba River becomes the Congo. For gene...
08/2010
A young girl, catching fish among the low season rapids, rests in a rock pool...
A young girl, catching fish among the low season rapids, rests in a rock pool at Boyoma Falls (known locally as Wagenia Falls). In order to keep her hands free she keeps the fish she has caught in her...
07/2010
37 year old Josephine Mpongo practises the cello in the Kimbanguiste...
37 year old Josephine Mpongo practises the cello in the Kimbanguiste neighbourhood of Kinshasa. She plays with the Kimbanguiste Symphony Orchestra, who practise here 5 days per week.
Apartment blocks tower over the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing in western...
Apartment blocks tower over the sprawling metropolis of Chongqing in western China. Chongqing has grown to become China's third largest city with a population of 12 million, however, with the entire p...
04/2005
A labourer rests outside a construction site in Chengdu. As part of China's Go...
A labourer rests outside a construction site in Chengdu. As part of China's Go West campaign massive construction projects are transforming the city.
04/2005
Soldiers keep watch on the public in Guangzhou's main square.
Soldiers keep watch on the public in Guangzhou's main square.
04/2005
Camels are loaded onto a ship to be exported to Saudi Arabia at the port in...
Camels are loaded onto a ship to be exported to Saudi Arabia at the port in Berbera. Livestock is the country's major export with approximately 60% of foreign currency earned from export to the Middle...
07/2007
65 year-old Mumina Abdi Barre outside her home in the Kililka Shanad camp for...
65 year-old Mumina Abdi Barre outside her home in the Kililka Shanad camp for displaced persons, on the outskirts of Hargeisa. Mumina fled to Ethiopia during the civil war in 1988 and returned in 1991...
07/2007
The Xabaalaha Shanad camp for displaced persons in the center of Hargeisa.
The Xabaalaha Shanad camp for displaced persons in the center of Hargeisa.
07/2007
A soldier of the African Union mission (AMISOM) is reflected in the window of...
A soldier of the African Union mission (AMISOM) is reflected in the window of an armoured vehicle as it travels through the streets of Mogadishu. The monument in the background is called Dagaxtur, whi...
03/2010
A man is searched before being allowed to enter an OTP (Outpatient Therapeutic...
A man is searched before being allowed to enter an OTP (Outpatient Therapeutic Programme) hospital run by the African Union at Camp Burundi, in Mogadishu. There has been an AU mission in Somalia since...
03/2010
Somali army recruits wield wooden sticks in place of rifles during training...
Somali army recruits wield wooden sticks in place of rifles during training given by African Union instructors at Camp al-Jazira. The camp holds nearly 2,000 recruits and training lasts for 6 months....
03/2010
A decorated bus picks up passengers at a broken bridge in a flooded area near...
A decorated bus picks up passengers at a broken bridge in a flooded area near Sultan Kot. Severe flooding had left at least 1,600 people dead and affected up to 20 million.
09/2010
Flood water inundates the surrounding area after Manchar Lake burst its banks.
Flood water inundates the surrounding area after Manchar Lake burst its banks. Officials made a breach in the lake's embankments to direct water away from the nearby cities of Dadu and Sehwan. Severe...
09/2010
A girl seeks refuge on the roof of a school near Karampur. Severe flooding had...
A girl seeks refuge on the roof of a school near Karampur. Severe flooding had left at least 1,600 people dead and affected up to 20 million.
09/2010
Abdul Lidef and two of his grandchildren pictured living in the classroom of...
Abdul Lidef and two of his grandchildren pictured living in the classroom of the Government High School in Sukke. Schools all over Pakistan have been turned into temporary homes for those displaced by...
09/2010
Boys force a horse and cart laden with rubble along a track made by an Israeli...
Boys force a horse and cart laden with rubble along a track made by an Israeli tank in Gaza's northern buffer zone with Israel. The buffer zone is a 300 metre wide stretch of land in which dozens have...
12/2010
A cart removes rubble from Yasser Arafat International Airport in southern...
A cart removes rubble from Yasser Arafat International Airport in southern Gaza. The airport was destroyed by Israeli warplanes in 2001 and 2002, and has become a source of building materials for much...
12/2010
The funeral of Salama Abu Hashish, 19, takes place in Beit Lahiya, northern...
The funeral of Salama Abu Hashish, 19, takes place in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. Abu Hashish was shot by an Israeli sniper while grazing animals near the northern border. Due to the buffer zone appro...
12/2010
6 year old Konglan La lost his left eye after throwing a UXO (unexploded...
6 year old Konglan La lost his left eye after throwing a UXO (unexploded ordnance) cluster bomb he found near his home in Vientiane.
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