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      Rob
      Walker
      ,
     
     
      Copy
      Editor
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      Sonu,
      a
      16
      year
      old
      girl,
      and
     
     
      Vishal
      a
      15
      year
      old
      boy,
      fell
      in
      love
      in
     
     
      a
      small
      village
      in
      India.
      For
      generations
     
     
      their
      family,
      along
      with
      a
      few
      dozen
     
     
      others,
      lived
      around
      a
      large
      mango
      tree
     
     
      at
      the
      center
      of
      their
      village.
      While
      the
     
     
      two
      teenagers
      were
      of
      different
      castes,
     
     
      neither
      the
      higher
      ranked
      boy’s
      family,
     
     
      or
      the
      lower
      ranked
      girl’s
      minded
      that
     
     
      the
      two
      would
      eventually
      marry.
      The
     
     
      villagers
      took
      issue
      with
      it
      and
      decreed
     
     
      that
      the
      two
      families
      kill
      their
      children
     
     
      with
      their
      own
      hands.
      The
      families
     
     
      hanged
      and
      cremated
      both
      of
      them
      to
     
     
      hide
      the
      evidence.
     
    

    
     
      This
      story
      was
      one
      of
      many
      told
     
     
      by
      Carlos
      Reyes-Manzo
      in
      a
      lecture
     
     
      about
      his
      work
      and
      photography
      at
      the
     
     
      AVC
      lecture
      theater
      last
      Friday
     
     
      afternoon.
      The
      photograph
      on
      the
      right
     
     
      was
      taken
      from
      the
      spot
      the
      two
      lovers
     
     
      were
      hanged
      and
      shows
      an
      abandoned
     
     
      sari
      left
      in
      a
      field.
     
    

    
     
      Reyes-Manzo
      has
      spent
      the
     
     
      last
      30
      years
      documenting
      the
      lives
      of
     
     
      people
      all
      around
      the
      world.
      His
      work
     
     
      focuses
      on
      areas
      of
      injustice
      and
     
     
      inequality,
      mostly
      in
      the
      most
      poverty
     
     
      and
      war-stricken
      areas
      in
      the
      world.
     
     
      Reyes-Manzo
      does
      not
      consider
     
     
      himself
      a
      photojournalist,
      but
      a
     
     
      documentarian
      of
      human
      nature.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      kind
      of
      work
      I
      do
      is
     
     
      social
      documentary,”
      said
      Reyes-
     
     
      Manzo.
      “It’s
      fine
      art.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ARTS
      &
      ENTERTAINMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Internationally
      Renowned
      Photograher
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “J
      am
      not
      a
      photojournalist.
      I
     
     
      am
      a
      social
      documentarian.
      I
      get
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      touch
      with
      people,
      I
      interview
      them,
     
     
      photograph
      them
      and
      document
      them.
     
     
      But
      another
      part
      of
      it
      is
      the
      fine
      art,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      An
      abandoned
      sari
      lies
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Reyes-Manzo.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      field
      where
      two
      teen-
     
     
      age
      lovers
      were
      murdered
      by
      their
      families
      in
      an
     
     
      ‘Honour
      Killing’
      in
      India.
      —
      Photograph
      by
      Carlos
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Speaks
      at
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Chile,
      when
      his
      plane
      stopped
      in
     
     
      England
      he
      attracted
      the
      attention
      of
     
     
      immigration
      officials
      and
      was
      eventually
     
     
      able
      to
      claim
      political
      asylum.
      Since
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Kherher
      Falah
      4
      and
      his
      mother
     
     
      Fadoi
      Ablahad
      at
      Caritas
      in
     
     
      Qaragosh.
      —
      Photograph
      by
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Carlos
      Reyes-Manzo.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      showing
      them
      in
      a
      different
      light.
      Tolet
      then,
      he
      has
      worked
      fearlessly
      to
     
     
      you
      get
      to
      know
      them
      and
      love
      them
      document
      the
      lives
      of
      the
      downtrodden
     
    
   
   
    
     
      like
      I
      do.”
     
    

    
     
      While
      working
      as
      a
     
     
      journalist
      and
      member
      of
      the
     
     
      national
      council
      of
      the
     
     
      socialist
      party
      in
      Chile
      in
      the
     
     
      1970’s,
      Reyes-Manzo,
      a
     
     
      father
      of
      two,
      was
      arrested
     
     
      by
      the
      Pinochet
      regime
      and
     
     
      tortured.
      He
      was
      sent
      to
     
     
      Panama
      and
      eventually
      was
     
     
      being
      brought
      back
      to
      Chile.
     
     
      Facing
      certain
      death
      back
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Originally
      from
      Chile,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Carlos
      Reyes-Manzo
     
     
      has
      been
      documenting
     
     
      humanity
      for
      30
      years
     
     
      through
      his
      photo-
     
     
      graphs.
      —
      Archive
     
     
      Photo
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      abused.
     
    

    
     
      He
      spoke
      about
     
     
      visiting
      Sao
      Paulo,
      Brazil
     
     
      and
      the
      slums
      there.
      He
     
     
      told
      us
      how
      a
      small
      boy
     
     
      was
      shot
      in
      the
      head
      by
     
     
      Police
      death
      squads
      while
     
     
      standing
      right
      next
      to
      him.
     
     
      Just
      because
      the
      boy
      was
     
     
      talking
      to
      a
      journalist.
      He
     
     
      said
      he
      blamed
      himself
      for
     
     
      the
      boys
      death
      for
      many
     
    
   
   
    
     
      years
      and
      it
      was
      extremely
      difficult
      to
     
     
      deal
      with.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      truth
      is
      sometimes
      I
      cry.
      I
     
     
      cry.
      I
      cannot
      cry
      in
      front
      of
      them,
     
     
      because
      I
      have
      to
      carry
      on
      with
      my
     
     
      work
      to
      document
      them,”
      said
      Reyes-
     
     
      Manzo.
      “There
      is
      a
      lot
      of
      frustration.
      I
     
     
      understand
      I
      can’t
      fulfill
      all
      the
      roles,
     
     
      we
      as
      journalists
      have
      a
      certain
      role
      to
     
     
      play.”
     
    

    
     
      “T
      try
      to
      document,
      to
      inform
     
     
      and
      create
      awareness.
      I
      think
      it’s
      very
     
     
      important
      for
      people
      to
      know
      what’s
     
     
      going
      on.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      more
      people
      know,
      the
     
     
      more
      they
      can
      help,
      says
      Reyes-Manzo.
     
    

    
     
      Carlos
      Reyes-Manzo
      was
      on
     
     
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      last
      week
      to
     
     
      document
      children
      in
      rural
      communities,
     
     
      as
      part
      of
      the
      Children’s
      Health
      Applied
     
     
      Research
      Team’s
      (CHART)
      work
      with
     
     
      children.
      Vianne
      Timmons,
      Vice-
     
     
      President
      of
      Academic
      Development
      at
     
     
      UPEI,
      met
      Reyes-Manzo
      in
      Mumbai,
     
     
      India
      where
      she
      was
      working
      with
     
     
      children
      as
      part
      of
      the
      National
     
     
      Resource
      Centre
      for
      Inclusion
      and
      he
     
     
      was
      photographing
      them.
     
    

    
     
      “Carlos
      has
      been
      in
      the
      rural
     
     
      communities
      of
      PEI,”
      said
      Timmons.
     
     
      “Documenting
      Children’s
      lives
      there.”
     
    

    
     
      While
      Reyes-Manzo’s
      work
      has
     
     
      taken
      him
      all
      over
      the
      world,
      from
      Iraq
     
     
      and
      India
      to
      Central
      America
      and
     
     
      Ethiopia,
      this
      was
      his
      first
      trip
      to
      Canada.
     
     
      His
      work
      can
      be
      found
      at
      http://
     
     
      Www.andespressagency.com
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