![A man stands, with what thick foliage behind him. He wears a long sleeved buttoned shirt, untucked, and black pants. His arms are by his side, and he looks directly at the viewer.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_hero/public/2020-09/paul-seawright-x.2020.9.1.jpg?itok=EPGF_cF5&cache-buster=d330ed0832&coords_hash=39c95c9c5c)
Paul Seawright
Untitled, from “Beasts of Burden: Rwanda”, 2020
Archival pigment print, 120 x 95 cm
During the Rwandan genocide of 1994, an estimated one million people were murdered in just 100 days. Twenty-five years after the genocide, a unique initiative pairs perpetrators with their victims and supports them to raise a cow together in an effort to reconcile.
This image is from a series titled Beasts of Burden, which encompasses portraits of those convicted of the genocide, those who survived the slaughter and the animals they raise together in a powerful act of reconciliation.
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