From the tranq dope disaster in Philadelphia to voodoo in Benin, Belgian photojournalist Gaël Turine speaks to Eve Jackson on arts24 about his award-winning work. Over the previous 25 years, his images have been broadly exhibited all through Europe and the world. He is additionally usually printed within the worldwide press. Gaël Turine has taken some startling and uncomfortable images in a collection being proven within the south of France on the Visa Pour L’picture photojournalism pageant, entitled “The Ravages of Tranq Dope”. The images are taken in Philadelphia – the bottom zero for a brand new and harmful sedative referred to as “tranq”. A aspect impact of this drug could be struggling to face upright, which is why customers are generally described within the media as “zombies”. Gaël Turine additionally has a parallel exhibition referred to as “The Spirits of the Forest” in regards to the voodoo faith in Benin on the Gacilly picture pageant in Brittany.
