Deventer, Netherlands
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Request QuoteMichael Rhebergen is a freelance documentary photographer from Holland whose work is focusing on human rights, socio- cultural - and environmental issues. He has worked extensively in Latin America, Azia, Africa and Europe. With a BA in Social Management and a specialization in Cultural Anthropology, he is a self-taught photographer. His work has been published in leading Dutch and international media outlets such as De Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland, Trouw, De Correspondent, La Chronique, Courrier International, OneWorld magazine among others.
This is an article which is formed from a long-term project I am working on as a documentary photographer in Guatemala. It's about human rights defenders risking their lives in their struggle for a dignified life.
Produced for Amnesty International
The article 'Against the gold' is about a community who has taken up a battle against a gold mining company. Since 2012 the community has set up camp near the entrance of the mine site, demanding their rights to be heard. They fear mining activities will contaminate their lands and local water systems. The resistance movement is named La Puya.
Produced for *MO
This is an article which is formed from a long-term project I am working on as a documentary photographer in Guatemala. It's about the criminalization of human rights defenders in the wake of government development.
Rwanda has put a ban on second hand clothing, together with a writer we made a piece about the impact on the local industry and how people involved in the clothing industry thought about the ban.
The Dutch chemical giant DSM has opened a new factory in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali. What do they do, and what is their impact?
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