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Alice, Lady Harris (née Seeley; 24 May 1870 – 24 November 1970) was an English missionary and an early documentary photographer. Her photography helped to expose the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State under the regime of King Leopold II of the Belgians.
Sep 21, 2016 · Picture of “Congolese men holding cut-off hands” captured by Alice Seeley Harris in Baringa, May 1904. Failure to meet the rubber collection quotas was punishable by death.
May 1, 2019 · Alice Seeley Harris (1870–1970) was an English missionary and an early documentary photographer. Her photography helped to expose the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State under the regime of Leopold II, King of the Belgians.
Feb 24, 2014 · That is to say, the incorruptible kodak –and all harmony went to hell! The only witness I couldn’t bribe. Alice Seeley Harris. This picture represents a Swedish Missionary and a little Congo boy mutilated by a rubber Sentry in the employ of a Concessionaire “Company” in the Upper Congo, c. 1904.
Jul 23, 2019 · Alice Seeley Harris and her husband arrived in the Congo in August 1898. Printed in pamphlets and displayed at public meetings, Alice's harrowing images formed the world's first photographic...
May 31, 2015 · Their documentary honors Alice Seeley Harris, one of the first people to use photography as a vehicle for a human rights campaign, as an unsung hero. This documentary was entered into the...
Jul 31, 2015 · The author of this article provides a postcolonial study of the missionary identities that were formed when Alice Harris and other Protestant missionaries joined the Congo Reform movements that led to the ouster of King Léopold II from the Congo Free State.
