Magnum Photosのインスタグラム(magnumphotos) - 7月28日 03時00分

In January 1952, Werner Bischof traveled to Koje-Do Island in South Korea to document a United Nations re-education camp for Chinese and North Korean prisoners. The camp was spread over a large area spanning two valleys and was home to around 160,000 North Korean and Chinese prisoners at its height. Journalists were able to explore relatively freely, but were prohibited from talking to inmates.
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Bischof characteristically focused on the prisoners, creating a series of images documenting their everyday lives and the United Nations attempts at reeducating them. His writing from the trip sheds light on his critical views of the situation: “We cannot deny that what we are doing here is political manipulation and an attempt to make these people grasp the ideas behind our own view of life.” .
The photo story was subsequently published in LIFE in March 1952. Bischof’s negative reception of the editors’ selection of images reflected his issues with photojournalism more broadly: “It is difficult to take photographs in a prison camp, to hold onto your humanity, and subsequently to have the best pictures discarded by the censors. I sometimes ask myself whether I have become just another “reporter,” a word that I have always hated so much.”
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We revisit Werner Bischof's coverage of the Korean War on magnumphotos.com today. Link in bio.
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PHOTO: The prisoners perform a square dance in front of a large Statue of Liberty. Internment camp for North Korean prisoners of war. Koje Do island, South Korea. 1952
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