Colin DELFOSSE
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S039387slideshow contactsheet Thsukudu racing Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
On March 16th this year, the United Nations organized a Tshukudu race in the town of Goma. Around 130 “thsukuders” drove through the capital of North Kivu behind the wheel of their enormous wooden scooters, only three months after it was taken over by the m23 rebels. The...
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S036147slideshow contactsheet Murmansk cadets Colin Delfosse / Out of Focus
In the far North of Russia, beyond the Arctic Circle, the town of Murmansk has been training future navy officers since the 1950s. Around 1500 kilometres from Moskow, Dima, Sergei and Maksimilian, young cadets of the Navigation Faculty, learn all about the...
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S031580slideshow contactsheet Soviet legacy in Kazakhstan Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Kazakhstan is trying to finally cut ties with the Soviet era on the dawn of the 20th anniversary of its independence. Its new capital Astana known as the «Dubai of the steppes » is the symbol of this modernity. Whilst all eyes are on it, the rest of the country remains...
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S035433slideshow contactsheet My Ukrainian wedding Colin Delfosse & Julie David de Lossy
Ukraine is well-known for its political corruption and the violation of human rights issues. But for the past few years, it has become the destination for men in search of wives...
Nikolaev town is considered to be the place...
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S029126slideshow contactsheet Congolese wrestlers Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Kinshasa, 2010. Eight million inhabitants, thousands of shegués (street children), hundreds of wrestlers and their brass bands. Edingwe, Dragon, City Train, Mbokotomo : the “legends” of Congolese wrestling invent themselves on a daily basis in the outskirts of Kinshasa....
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S028951slideshow contactsheet Kinshasa wrestling Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Their name? City Train, Texas, Mabokotomo, Petit Cimetière, Sibolite or Zombie de Kibami. Their job? During the day they run a stall or drive a taxi. In the evening they put on their mask and loin cloth and become characters in one of the planet’s most off-beat sports :...
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S028862slideshow contactsheet Potraits of PKK Amazons Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Thousands of women of all ages , entrenched in the confines of Qandil, the mountainous region of Northern Iraq, armed with a strong will and a few kalachnikovs, fight for their ideals. The Kurdistan Free Woman’s movement (PAJK), born from dissent with the PKK (the Kurdistan...
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S028860slideshow contactsheet PKK Amazons Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Thousands of women of all ages , entrenched in the confines of Qandil, the mountainous region of Northern Iraq, armed with a strong will and a few kalachnikovs, fight for their ideals. The Kurdistan Free Woman’s movement (PAJK), born from dissent with the PKK (the Kurdistan...
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S028861slideshow contactsheet Le pèlerinage de l’ECUSE Colin Delfosse / Out Of Focus
Que les hommes et les bêtes soient couverts de sacs, qu'ils crient à Dieu avec force, et qu'ils reviennent tous de leur mauvaise voie et des actes de violence dont leurs mains sont coupables! Jonas 3.8.