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Tomas van Houtryve : Blue Sky Days : A Drone's Eye View
Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival
May 14-31, 2016

In October 2012, a drone strike in northeast Pakistan killed a 67-year-old woman picking okra outside her home. At a US congressional hearing in October 2013, the woman’s 13-year-old grandson, Zubair Rehman, spoke to a group of lawmakers. “I no longer love blue skies,” said Rehman, who was injured by shrapnel in the attack. “In fact, I now prefer grey skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are grey.” According to strike reports compiled by investigative journalists, Rehman’s …