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    <title>Images by Marcus Bleasdale (Lightstalkers)</title>
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    <description>Marcus has now spent eight years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the work was published in his book &#8220;One Hundred Years of Darkness&quot;. The book is recognised in the best photojournalism books of the year 2002 by Photo District News in the USA.           

He is widely published in the UK, Europe and the USA in publications such as The Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Saturday Magazine, Geo Magazine, The New Yorker, TIME and Newsweek, LIFE and National Geographic Magazine.

In 2005 Marcus was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by POYi. 

Over the years he has received several first prizes in POY and NPPA awards, both features and news picture stories. In 2004 he was awarded UNICEF Photographer of the Year Award, the 3p Grant and the Alexia Foundation Grant. He exhibited in New York at Moving Walls 2005 and was awarded the OSI Distribution Grant 2005 for his work with Human Rights Watch. Marcus was awarded a World Press Photo award in 2006 and the Olivier Rebbot Award by the Overseas Press Club 2006. He is represented by VII.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:07:23 -0600</pubDate>
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