Photographs of instruments of torture by Joakim Eneroth
artandphotographs gallery, London
until 29th August 2008

Probably not one for the faint-hearted, but pretty important nevertheless. When released from a Chinese prison in 1992 after 33 years of captivity, Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, fled to India. After his release, the Chinese authorities monitored his every step, and he feared a new arrest. With the help, he escaped over the Himalayas. With him he smuggled a bag of instruments that were used to torture prisoners in order to show the world what was going on behind the Chinese prison walls.

In 2005, Swedish photographer Joakim Eneroth travelled to India to meet with Palden Gyatso. The resulting images bear cold testimony to the continuing practice of torture not only in China, but throughout the world. More: http://www.artandphotographs.com/