Senegal
Raking salt (and feeding babies) in the crystal ponds of Senegal
In the salt ponds of Senegal; digging, lugging, breastfeeding and wrestling are not necessarily mutually exclusive tasks.
Latest Stories
- Senegal
Risking it all to put food on the table
Each day, miners from all over West Africa travel to a small village in Senegal to see if today is their lucky day.
- Mauritania
Magic & Madness: 26 hours on a Saharan freight train
In the nether regions of the Sahara, Mauritanians brave scorching temperatures by day, freezing cold winds and sandstorms at night, as they make their way across the country on a freight train.
Feature Article
Life in the Crosshairs of Israel’s Expansion Plans
In the eastern part of the occupied West Bank, Israel is quietly carrying out a campaign to remove Palestinian communities from land it seeks to acquire.
By Adrian Guerin
Short Stories
- Vietnam
Snakes, spiders and slush…a day in the life of a rice farmer
The hand-sculpted terraces of north Vietnam are dotted with hunched rice farmers as they toil in the mud to cultivate the food that will feed a nation.
- Bangladesh
Meet the people recycling 4,000 tonnes of waste daily
As Dhaka drowns in waste, a handful of citizens are building employment and economic opportunities out of the rubble.
- Bangladesh
Searching for green chunks of gold in the Tropics
Visit a part of the world where thousands of farmers’ livelihoods depend on a small green piece of fruit.
Adrian Guerin
hello@adrianguerin.com
I’m a photojournalist who’s always roaming the world in search of my next story. 2019 was a big year which saw me write a feature piece on the forced displacement of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. I also completed 2 short stories in Senegal and did a piece on a Saharan freight train, which required spending 26 hours on a… you guessed it, freight train.
My writing is sometimes light, sometimes serious, but always deeply thoughtful, considered and heavily researched. I’m always looking to link up with passionate people and organisations; if you have ideas for a collaboration please get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.
News
Wired Magazine
I was recently interviewed by Wired Magazine about my Saharan freight train story. Wired shared the story to their 10.4 million followers on Twitter and 1.4 million followers on Instagram. The piece was also translated to Japanese for Wired Japan. Read the interview online.
Sony World Photography Awards
My photo from the back of a Mauritanian freight train won the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards (Travel Category). The photo was featured on CNN, BBC, The Guardian and many more global news sites.
Orient XXI
My story on Israel’s ongoing campaign to demolish Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley was recently published in Orient XXI. Orient XXI is a French publication dedicated to politics and reportage in the Middle East. Read the published article here.
Musée Magazine
Musée Magazine recently featured my work from the salt flats of Senegal for a feature story on Earth Day.
The Guardian
The Guardian featured my series from the Danakil Depression in the Travel section of the UK edition of their newspaper as well as the Photography section online.
