While some of us have been staying in lockdown in fear of an invisible enemy for a few months now, others have been living in a similar situation for a very long time and are facing a visible threat. In a conflict area like Kashmir, for example, the war has been endless.
In 2019, as India imposed a communication blackout to subdue protesters, three local photojournalists working for Associated Press braved security forces, angry mobs and roadblocks to capture scenes of both protests and quiet moments in Kashmir and ensure that they could be published for the world to see. For their efforts, Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand were awarded Pulitzer for Feature Photography earlier this May.
Illustrating the daily life in the contested zone, the photo series are compelling, devastating and, for the right-wingers in India, controversial. When you look beyond politics, though, the photographs are nothing more than a genuine and personal look at the three journalists' home and what really happened in their backyard.
Check them out below:
Images c/o AP
