Photographer Sebastian Rich: From Bullets to Broadway
As a war photographer, I witnessed unspeakable acts of violence. When I left that behind to photograph dancers instead, I realized I’d saved my sanity in the nick of time.
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Militia members in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Ballerinas warm up and stretch in an advanced ballet class at The Julio Bocca Ballet School in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis
A Kenyan mother with her mixed-race daughter. The mother alleges rape by British soldiers garrisoned at a nearby base.
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Ballet dancers of the San Martin Contemporary Ballet Company perform the piece Chopin No. 1.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis
Limb-fitting center in Herat, Afghanistan.
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Ballet dancer Daniel Sciarrone of the Argentino Ballet Company takes a break from the rehearsal of the production Wonder Woman.
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Adult autism patient in Paraguay.
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Sixteen-year-old ballerina Mercedes Calderon and Maximiliano Iglesias, also 16, of the Julio Bocca Ballet School.
Sebastian Rich / Corbis
Wounded Lebanese civilian sits in the ruins of his house destroyed by Israeli artillery.
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Exhausted ballerina Soledad Mangia, 25, takes a break during rehearsals for the piece Wonder Woman.
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