South Kivu, Eastern Congo, 2010. From a series of photos by Richard Mosse using infrared film.
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Purple grass and little kids playing with machetes. Not sure which is more surreal.
Posted by: sk60 | July 31, 2010 at 09:15
“Not sure which is more surreal.”
I suspect that may be the point.
Posted by: David | July 31, 2010 at 09:19
That could almost be a computer-generated bit of scenery from the 'Avatar' sequel, couldn't it?
Posted by: JuliaM | July 31, 2010 at 12:13
Looks like Quadling or Gillikin country to me.
Posted by: Trimegistus | July 31, 2010 at 16:30
Of course, they could have skipped the infra-red film and just visited this place in algae-season:
http://io9.com/5601447/colombias-cao-cristales-is-a-river-of-psychedelic-algae
Posted by: JuliaM | August 01, 2010 at 18:17