They have been roughed up, put behind bars, had their equipment snatched away, pelted by stones, manhandled, admitted to hospital, while some even died – all this, because they chose to be a conflict photographer. Kashmir has always been a difficult place to cover, not only because of the chaos and violence, but the suffering and emotion that goes with being an integral part of an ongoing conflict, through one’s viewfinder. Yet, the only way to tell the Kashmir story, really tell it, is to be on the ground with the its people, and children, central to the narration. As the conflict in Kashmir reaches newer levels of disorder and violence, here are 13 frontline documenters and long time storytellers who continue to cover conflict in Kashmir and bring us stories of children from the battlefront. Every frame is stripped bare of artifice, making a compelling statement. For intrepid photographers such as these, conflict photography is as real as it gets.
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Meet the conflict photographers telling battlefront tales of Kashmir’s children
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