Chris de Bode
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Dutch b.1965
Chris became interested in photography during his previous career as a professional climbing instructor. Following a trip to Palestine he decided to focus his work on humanitarian issues.
His passion for the physical and the extreme is reflected in his book Tour du Monde (Mets & Schilt, 2008) on cycle racing in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2008 his project on the impact of AIDS on children in South Africa was exhibited at the HIV and AIDS conference in Mexico City and it has subsequently toured to Johannesburg, Geneva and New York.
Chris is the artistic director of the Fotopub festival in Slovenia, and was the editor of the World Press Photo Foundation book Africa United on football in Africa.
Chris became interested in photography during his previous career as a professional climbing instructor. Following a trip to Palestine he decided to focus his work on humanitarian issues.
His passion for the physical and the extreme is reflected in his book Tour du Monde (Mets & Schilt, 2008) on cycle racing in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 2008 his project on the impact of AIDS on children in South Africa was exhibited at the HIV and AIDS conference in Mexico City and it has subsequently toured to Johannesburg, Geneva and New York.
Chris is the artistic director of the Fotopub festival in Slovenia, and was the editor of the World Press Photo Foundation book Africa United on football in Africa.
Joyce Mbele's brother, who helped dig Joyce's grave after her death from an...
Joyce Mbele's brother, who helped dig Joyce's grave after her death from an Aids related illness. Following the death of Joyce in early 2008, Lihle, her eldest daughter, became head of the household r...
2008
Cosmos flowers in a meadow near Loskop in the Drakensberg mountains.
Cosmos flowers in a meadow near Loskop in the Drakensberg mountains.
2008
A young girl walks home from school in the Drakensberg mountains, near Loskop.
A young girl walks home from school in the Drakensberg mountains, near Loskop.
2008
Bukusile Tshosi breastfeeds her 18 month old daughter. As well as looking...
Bukusile Tshosi breastfeeds her 18 month old daughter. As well as looking after her daughter, Bukusile cares for her two younger sisters. Their mother died of Aids seven years ago, and their grandmoth...
2008
Lungi Ngidi's school shirts - her smartest clothes - dry in the wind that is...
Lungi Ngidi's school shirts - her smartest clothes - dry in the wind that is carried down from the Ixopo Hills. Lungi's father left her family many years ago and her mother died of Aids in 2002, leavi...
2008
Nontokozo holds a flower in a meadow in the KwaMahowande tribal land of...
Nontokozo holds a flower in a meadow in the KwaMahowande tribal land of KwaZulu Natal. She is an orphan and lives with her seven cousins and their grandmother who is too frail to look after her grandc...
2008
An unusable room in 16 year old Bukusile Tshosi's house. There is no one...
An unusable room in 16 year old Bukusile Tshosi's house. There is no one around to do repairs. As well as looking after her 18 month old daughter, Bukusile also cares for her two younger sisters. Thei...
2008
15 year old Simso Ntombi outside his home near Loskop in the Drakensberg...
15 year old Simso Ntombi outside his home near Loskop in the Drakensberg mountains. Simso is one of four sons of Ntombi Mbele, who is too ill from Aids and TB to look after her children. The head of t...
2008
Cyclists on the 7th stage of the Vuelta a Cuba (the Tour of Cuba cycling race)...
Cyclists on the 7th stage of the Vuelta a Cuba (the Tour of Cuba cycling race) pass a 1950s American car on their way towards Sancti Spiritus.
02/2004
Cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez, a competitor in the Vuelta de Cuba (the Tour of...
Cyclist Pedro Pablo Perez, a competitor in the Vuelta de Cuba (the Tour of Cuba cycling race), cools his bruised bottom after that morning's time trial.
02/2004
Campesinos cheering on cyclists in the Vuelta a Cuba (the Tour of Cuba cycling...
Campesinos cheering on cyclists in the Vuelta a Cuba (the Tour of Cuba cycling race).
02/2004
The Tour du Senegal cycle race. A cyclist riding towards the start line in...
The Tour du Senegal cycle race. A cyclist riding towards the start line in Tambacounda. Heavy rains made it impossible to ride all the way to Wassadou, so the stage was shortened.
10/2003
Cyclist praying in church before the start of a stage in the Vuelta a...
Cyclist praying in church before the start of a stage in the Vuelta a Colombia. The 53rd Vuelta a Colombia took place against a backdrop of civil war and violence. The bicycle race is guarded along...
06/2003
The Tour du Senegal cycle race. Aerial view of the peloton passing through a...
The Tour du Senegal cycle race. Aerial view of the peloton passing through a traditional village near Wassadou.
10/2003
Traditional Qatari feast at the end of a stage for participants in the the...
Traditional Qatari feast at the end of a stage for participants in the the Tour de Qatar. The international cycling circus, invited by the ultra-rich oil state of Qatar, pays its first visit to the M...
01/2002
Meseker Getie, 9, wants to be a teacher when she grows up. ^I want to help...
Meseker Getie, 9, wants to be a teacher when she grows up. ^I want to help other children. I like my teacher. I want to teach mathematics. Teachers should be happy.^
06/2005
An English lesson in Chimbiri school. The signs on the wall are inspired by...
An English lesson in Chimbiri school. The signs on the wall are inspired by teaching methods introduced by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) volunteers. The same teacher teaches both the morning and af...
06/2005
Students run to school for the morning lessons, through enthusiasm, not...
Students run to school for the morning lessons, through enthusiasm, not because they are late. In recent years in Ethiopia, nearly five million children have been brought into primary education althou...
06/2005
'Where is the ball? The ball is on the chair' A classroom in Chimbiri...
'Where is the ball? The ball is on the chair' A classroom in Chimbiri school.~Children take turns in putting objects on the chair, while the teacher writes on the blackboard. The teachers learn Englis...
06/2005
Feleke Shalachewu, 10, wants to be a doctor when he grows up. ^I want to be a...
Feleke Shalachewu, 10, wants to be a doctor when he grows up. ^I want to be a doctor because it's a useful profession. I plan to be a doctor to cure patients. It's the best profession. I want to make...
06/2005
Trees lit up by torchlight in Kirindy forest, a dry deciduous forest which is...
Trees lit up by torchlight in Kirindy forest, a dry deciduous forest which is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, including many unique species.
2006
David Otim suffers from malaria and tuberculosis (TB). He became ill after he...
David Otim suffers from malaria and tuberculosis (TB). He became ill after he was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He later managed to escape and fled to Agweng camp with his family and a...
11/2004
63 year old Julius Peter Dul in Aloi camp for internally displaced people...
63 year old Julius Peter Dul in Aloi camp for internally displaced people (IDPs). He lost his wife three months ago when she was beaten to death by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels when she was out...
11/2004
The wind whips up a dust storm in Kitgum.
The wind whips up a dust storm in Kitgum.
11/2004
Children gather together to sleep every night in the town of KItgum. Afraid of...
Children gather together to sleep every night in the town of KItgum. Afraid of being abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), each night up to 15,000 children leave their homes in nearby IDP camp...
11/2004
Boys playing with toy guns made of grass. Many children of their age have been...
Boys playing with toy guns made of grass. Many children of their age have been forced to fight for real after being abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
11/2004
Old woman praying for peace in Oromo internally displaced people camp...
Old woman praying for peace in Oromo internally displaced people camp (IDP).For 18 years the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have terrorised the Northern provinces of Uganda abducting 20,000 child...
11/2004
A pig is prepared for heart surgery as part of medical research in a...
A pig is prepared for heart surgery as part of medical research in a university operating room.
2009
A pig recovers from heart surgery as part of medical research in a university...
A pig recovers from heart surgery as part of medical research in a university operating room next to another pig in a cage.
2009
A beagle dog being used for rheumatology research at a medical research...
A beagle dog being used for rheumatology research at a medical research laboratory.
2009
A pig is prepared to recover from heart surgery as part of medical research in...
A pig is prepared to recover from heart surgery as part of medical research in a university operating room.
2009
Activists protest in front of the Nepalese Embassy in Brussels agaisnt monkeys...
Activists protest in front of the Nepalese Embassy in Brussels agaisnt monkeys being exported from Nepal for use as subjects in medical research.
2009
A Somali child at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali child at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
A Somali man at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali man at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
A Somali man at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali man at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of...
A Somali woman at a refugee camp in Dadaab. From the neighbouring country of Somalia an estimated 8000 refugees cross the border each month to escape the desperate living conditions.
11/2008
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