°STEPHEN DUPONT - AFGHANISTAN - ANGOLA - EAST TIMOR, INDONESIA - PALESTINE - RWANDA

“PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY WINDOW INTO HUMANITY. IT IS A VISUAL DIARY OF OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES AND AT THE SAME TIME A REFLECTION INTO MY OWN SOUL. I FEEL EXTRAORDINARILY PRIVILEGED TO BE ARMED WITH A CAMERA, MY THOUGHTS AND THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL AND SEE AND FEEL, AND SMELL AND LIVE LIFE TO IT’S FULLEST. IT IS EASY TO TAKE PICTURES, BUT IT IS INTEGRAL THAT I AM PRESENT TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND ME, TO HONOUR THE SUBJECTS WHO FIND THEMSELVES IMMORTALISED IN MY PHOTOGRAPHS WITH RESPECT AND COMPASSION. I CARRY WITH ME SUCH A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL THE TRUTH, TO BEAR WITNESS. TO BE ARTIST AND EXECUTIONER. PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY POETRY, MY WINE, MY CREATION. HISTORY UNFOLDING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, HORROR, BEAUTY AND SURPRISE. MY LEGACY IS FOR ALL, MY LIFE IS FOR AVA.”