Capturing Conflict Mineral Trade in DRC [Video]
Publisher: TEDx Courtauld Institute
Author(s): Marcus Bleasdale
Date: 2014
Topics: Extractive Resources, Peace and Security Operations
Countries: Congo (DRC)
Marcus Bleasdale is a documentary photographer who uses his work to influence policy makers around the world. His work appears in National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, TIME and his work on human rights and conflict has been shown at the US Senate, The US House of Representatives, The United Nations and the Houses of Parliament in the UK. In this eye-opening talk, Marcus' photographs bear witness to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is fuelled by conflict minerals to be used in everyday electronic devices.