One of the hardest decisions to make as an editor or photographer is ‘what story should I be telling?’ So often we are the conveyers of bad news and in a very convincing way we have the ability to make the world
appear worse than it really is. In the following series Warren Clarke has shown us a glimpse into a warm and peaceful festival from a continent with a track record of producing stories of tragedy and horror.

 

"My view on working as a freelance photojournalist is to leave the coverage of wars and catastrophes to the relevant agencies, papers and magazines, where the hordes seem to trip over each other getting there. I find it claustrophobic working in an environment with other photographers working for magazines and agencies who have better resources."