International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Portraits of South Sudan

Photos: 
Child stands outside a school
Child in a striped dress stands by a window
Man wearing rubber boots seated by a gate
Elderly woman smiles as she sits by a curtained door
Man looks out over a pasture
Woman in a pink dress kneels on rocky ground
A woman holds a baby while balancing a heavy load on her head
An elderly man and a small child sit in the shade under an abandoned train car
Two boys laugh, standing a dusty playground
An elderly woman with short hair and wearing a necklace sits on dusty ground
A woman wearing a headscarf peers, smiling, over the wall of a veranda
A boy laughs outside a mud brick building
A wman wearing a red headscarf and a necklace gazes fixedly
Two women glance away
Tthree men and a small child stand outside a hut
A young woman
A small boy leans against a pole under the awning of a mud hut
A group of childen stand in a dusty yard
A woman carrying a load on her head holds a small child
Photo: Christopher Scott/IRC

Photojournalist Christopher Scott traveled throughout South Sudan as a volunteer to document the IRC’s work helping families and communities in the region rebuild after decades of civil war.  These stunning portraits capture the "intense determination and pride" Christopher says he found in the people he met there.