EDWIN KOO, SINGAPORE
ON THE RUN
Tea time at the Pakistani refugee camp Sheikh Yasin: children waiting in line with their teapots to get some of Pakistan’s national beverage. The tradition that goes along with it hopefully helps them to forget the conflict in their homeland for a few minutes every day. These children are all from the Swat valley, one of the strongholds of the Taliban. They are among the 2.5 million refugees who fled the fights between the Pakistani Army and the Taliban.
Pakistan today has the highest number of refugees since the country’s independence in 1947. More than one billion children worldwide live in regions that are affected by conflicts and wars.
Photographer Edwin Koo has documented the everyday life of Pakistani refugee families at the camp.
© Edwin Koo/Zuma Press
Curriculum Vitae: Edwin Koo
© Edwin Koo
Age: 31
DOB: 1978/05/30
Press photographer
(Streats - national tabloid) 2003-2005.
Press photographer
(The Straits Times - national broadsheet) 2005-2008.
Freelance photographer
(represented by ZUMA Press) 2008
Awards and Experiences:
- Participant: Asia-Europe Foundation / World Press Photo Photojournalist Workshop (Hanoi - Vietnam) 2004
- Winner (2nd Prize - Behind the Scenes category): ClickArt, World Photojournalist Meet (Singapore) 2003
- Joint exhibition: UNHCR World Refugee Day 2009 Exhibition (Kathmandu, Nepal)