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Seeing Without Defining: Michael Steffen on Photography and Power Dynamics

At this year’s European Humanitarian Forum, Michael Steffen’s photographs from South Sudan, taken during his field work with Malteser International, are being exhibited publicly for the first time. In our conversation, we talk about photography as a form of listening, the ethical boundaries of representation, and how power dynamics still shape the stories we tell - even when we try our best to get it right.