by Andrea Gjestvang
For more than two weeks now, I am in Congo (DRC) covering the trial against two Norwegians sentenced to death. They were convicted of spying DRC and murdering their driver. Right now, we are awaiting the judgement of the appeal, which is constantly being prosponded.
As many here see us as «brothers and sisters» of our natives in jail, people are very suspicious towards us, and whatever we do we are under some kind of surveillance. So, I have to admit it is challenging; right outside mye hotel port there are stories to tell and pictures to take. But we are not really allowed by the Congolese government to do anything not related to the trail, and whenever we try we, get in to some kind of trouble.
This is a new experience for me. As a photographer you normally know what you need for the story and how to get it. Whereas here, it feels like my intuition fails and I have difficulties calculating the situations.
