Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Ed Kashi Feature In The Guardian: 'A front row seat to witness history’

 Via The Guardian

January 6, 2026


color photograph of a 14-year-old boy carrying  the carcass of a freshly killed goat, which has been roasted by the flames of burning tyres at the Trans Amadi Slaughter abattoir in Nigeria

"You will witness pain and suffering’ … Trans Amadi Slaughter, Nigeria, 2006


‘A front row seat to witness history’: Ed Kashi’s astonishing global images – in pictures

From a thriving miniature city inside a Cairo cemetery to a goat sacrifice in Nigeria, the photojournalist’s eye-opening images are celebrated in a new book.


Related Exhibition: Ed Kashi A Period In Time celebrated Ed Kashi's most recent book, A Period in Time: Looking Back while Moving Forward: 1977–2022, a stunning and expansive retrospective of photographs spanning the world and his prolific career. One of the world's most celebrated photojournalists and filmmakers, Ed Kashi has dedicated the past 45 years to documenting the social and geopolitical issues that define our era.