STEPHEN GERARD KELLY

is a cinematographer and director. Stephen is currently working on numerous indie film projects, narrative and documentary. Born and raised in Ireland. Lives in the Americas. Working globally.

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Destruction of Palmyra, Syria

http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/general-view-taken-on-march-31-2016-shows-a-photographer-news-photo/518421244

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"I left everything", says Abu Awad (82). Born and raised in Tiberias, Palestine, his family were forced to leave their home due to violent conflict between Arab and Jewish militia groups. At 14, he and his family became refugees. He lived in Aleppo, Syria for 64 years where he worked as a teacher. When the Syrian Civil War made living in Aleppo too dangerous in 2012, his family were forced to move again. Abu Awad now finds himself forcefully displaced as an elderly man living in uncomfortable conditions in Lebanon. #lebanon #beirut #shatila #chatila #refugee #refugees #migrants #displaced #unicef #unwra #conflict #syria #palestine #palestinian #southbeirut #undp #sabra #forceddisplacement #stephengerardkelly #stephengkelly

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This is Shatila, a Palestinian Refugee Camp in South Beirut, Lebanon and one of the most impoverished areas in the Middle East. Police and army do not enter, the community is difficult to access and life here fraught with a multitude of socio-economic issues. I am documenting daily life here for over two years. Traditionally a Palestinian area, increasingly Syrian refugees, Lebanese people and migrant workers are making Shatila their home, mostly due to the lower cost of living. #lebanon #beirut #shatila #chatila #refugee #refugees #migrants #displaced #unicef #unwra #conflict #syria #palestine #palestinian #southbeirut #undp #sabra #forceddisplacement #stephengerardkelly

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Ebrima Njie (28) from Mali traveled to Libya after running from the war in Northern Mali during 2012. Ebrima worked for 2 years at a restaurant in Tripoli. When war broke out in Libya, he no longer felt safe. $700 USD he saved bought him a place in an overcrowded boat to Lampudesa, Italy. Now waiting in Milan, Italy for over one year to learn if he will be allowed to live and work there, Ebrima receives less than two euro per day from the Italian government. #immigration #immigrationpolicy #mali #milan #mediterranean #stephengkelly #stephengerardkelly #humanmigration #eu #eupolicy #italy From a photography project where I've been documenting immigration into Europe since 2014.

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Phil Moore, a freelance photographer, examines the fragile political situation in Burundi http://time.com/3974080/burundi-unrest-president-nkurunziza-elections/

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Sebastião Salgado has created some of the twentieth century’s most iconic photography. From war zones to famine, genocide to exodus, Salgado has documented many of the world’s major events of the last 40 years in crisp black-and-white pictures. He’s also won countless prizes, including being

Check out this amazing documentary on one of my most revered photographers Sebastião Salgado :-)

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#goldengloves #shushu #brownsville #brooklyn #nyc #boxing #nycboxing

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#immigration #italy #milan #facesofitaly #bokoharam #nigeria #islampreachespeace Prosper (30) arrived to Italy by treacherous boat journey from Libya via Malta 6 months ago. Refusing Boko Haram orders to join the militant Islamist group, gunmen shot his father, then his mother in cold blood, before they turned their semi-automatic weapons on him. Showing me the bullet scars on a cold January morning in Milan, Prosper explained how he is not legally allowed to work in Italy until he receives a 'permesso di lavoro' or work permit. Whatever loose coins he gathers from the kindness of the Italian people is pooled with other Nigerian friends in the city to cook a communal meal at the day's end. Prosper's ultimate dream is to work, live in a secure environment and contribute to society.

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#underground #nyc #traintracks #comingatyou

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#nyc #statueofliberty #winternyc #manhattan

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In solidarity with all the people of France. #jesuischarlie #nyc #lovenothate #freedomofspeech #paris #france #nototerrorism #noterrorism #notonourwatch #islampreachespeace

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Hero firefighter saves man after fall into Liffey - Herald.ie

This is the heroic fireman who valiantly jumped into the River Liffey to rescue a member of the public who got into difficulty in the icy waters yesterday afternoon.

My photos have been published in a nationwide Irish newspaper :-)  Nice to have some work published when home in Dublin for Christmas! #christmasrescue #liffeyrescue #dublincity #firebrigade #dublincityfirebrigade #stephengkelly

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#nypd #worktogether #peacefulprotest #blacklivesmatter #alllivesmatter #lifematters #nyc #officierliu #officerramos #notoviolence Martin Luther King Jr. speech 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction ... The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.' (1963)

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#blacklivesmatter #millionsmarchnyc #raceinamerica #civilrights #nyc #nypd #ericgarner #icantbreathe #michaelbrown #peacefulprotest

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#lumberjackinbrooklyn #thebeard #beard #movember #beardyear #sunset #awareness #prostatecancer

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#drc #goma #woodenbicycle #nyiragongo #congobicycle #race #africanteenagers Often Congolese people build their own wooden bicycles from locally available materials. When not being used to transport heavy loads (e.g., agricultural produce, charcoal, building materials, etc.), these mechanical workhorses give light relief to their owners on the lava covered roads around Goma.

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My old home.  #DRC #virunga #natgeo #nytimes #soco #endangered #mountaingorillas