Magnum Photosのインスタグラム(magnumphotos) - 8月28日 23時30分

"Being older, more mature, also brings something different to the relationships you have with your subjects. For instance, in the project that I did on a dying gold miner in China, Dying to Breathe, the fact that I was weathered and very close in age to him and his wife, made it easier for us to open up to each other – about love, loss, family." - @chiyin_sim
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In a new interview, Magnum nominee @chiyin_sim discusses her practice and the development of her approach over the years. Link in bio.
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PHOTO: From "Dying To Breathe", 2011-2015. Mi Shixiu cradles He Quangui's head as he's struggling to breathe. He eventually recovers his breath. But in the wee hours of the next morning, he tried to kill himself to end the suffering.
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Former gold miner He Quangui is slowing dying of silicosis - a irreversible but preventable disease he contracted from years of working in small, unregulated gold mines in the Henan province, central China. Ten years after he was diagnosed with silicosis, he is fighting for his life, fighting to keep breathing. In this illness, a type of pneumoconiosis - China's most prevalent occupational disease afflicting millions - silica dust sucked into the lungs during years of blasting rock causes the miner's lungs to harden and eventually fail. Workers who can get good health care and remove themselves from the harmful environment -- particularly those who worked for state mines -- can live a normal person's lifespan. But most of the growing number of victims in China today are migrant workers like Mr He, with no insurance, good healthcare or legal recourse. They typically die in their 30s, leaving families with no sole breadwinners, wives with no husbands, children without fathers. China. 2013
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