Resource March 9, 2015

Meet the Journalist: Spike Johnson

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In Myanmar the use of child soldiers remains commonplace but under increasing international pressure...

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Kyaw Thura, aged 15, after finishing his four month training in Mon State, in Eastern Myanmar. “There were rocks in the soup, and sand in the rice,” he said, “and I missed home terribly.” Image by Spike Johnson. Myanmar, 2014.

Spike Johnson, a journalist from England, explores humanitarian themes in Asia, the United States, and Europe through documentary photography. His current body of work focuses on the Myanmar Army's release of its forcibly recruited child soldiers.

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