A new photo book coming from Dewi Lewis Publishing
Peter Caton is an award-winning documentary photographer who has dedicated his career to reporting on humanitarian causes and amplifying the voices of disadvantaged people. He has lived on the road for 19 years, the last ten in Africa, where he has documented climate-related crises throughout the continent. Over the last six years he has photographed the devastating floods in South Sudan. Dewi Lewis Publishing is collaborating with Peter Caton on his Kickstarter campaign for the book ‘Unyielding Floods’, which they intend to publish in September. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/35974461/unyielding-floods
In Unyielding Floods, Caton photographs the villagers of South Sudan trying to protect their homes and livelihoods against catastrophic floods. The floods are now in their sixth year and refuse to recede. According to the World Food Program (WFP) around two-thirds of the population is experiencing acute food insecurity, millions are enduring severe hunger. In addition to the hunger, the permanently stagnant water has contributed to a rise in malaria, water-borne illnesses and more frequent snake bites.
Peter Caton writes – “Unlike most floods, the floods in the world’s youngest country have refused to recede. Affected South Sudanese may represent the world’s first permanent mass displacement due to climate change. However, I captured communities determined to fight back against the floods to save their homeland. I was inspired by their enormous resilience and adaptability. I felt a moral obligation to give a voice to these isolated communities and their plight. Reaching these remote, flood-affected communities, year after year, took a massive logistical effort. I risked my photography equipment while being exposed to the dangers of crocodiles, snakes, or the growing risk of malaria from the plagues of mosquitoes, but it never deterred me from the work, as these are also real-life challenges that the villagers face daily living in submerged land.“
The work has already won 7 international awards and has featured in major news outlets, including The Sunday Times, NPR, The Guardian, The Telegraph, De Morgen, Der Spiegel, GEO France, GEO Germany, VG, The Geographical, The Independent, El Pais, and Corriere Della Sera. The photographs have also been exhibited in London, Berlin, Moscow, Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Istanbul.
Peter Caton is a UK based award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in many publications worldwide, including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Esquire, the Washington Post and Le Figaro. His monochrome portraits of leprosy victims were exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2001. Much of his subsequent work was commissioned by leading non-governmental organisations, photographing campaigns for clients such as The World Food Program, UNICEF, Save the Children, CARE International, Greenpeace, WWF, UNAIDSs and The Red Cross.
Dewi Lewis Publishing – Best known as a photobook publisher, the company has also published award winning fiction with titles shortlisted and longlisted for the Booker Prize. Its photography list has an international reputation and has included books by leading British and international photographers such as Laia Abril, William Klein, Martin Parr, Simon Norfolk, Fay Godwin, Tom Wood, Sergio Larrain, Frank Horvat, John Blakemore, Paolo Pelegrin, Simon Roberts and Bruce Gilden. The ambition of the company is to bring to the attention of a wider public, accessible but challenging contemporary photography by both established and lesser known practitioners.
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