Alex

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I thought I would fully introduce myself. I am Alex potter.I am 18 years old and I live in Hampstead in London. Up in till 4 mouth ago I was a student at Kings University. There are many different reasons to why I drop out which you can read in my first post.I was a victim of the Rwandan genocide with which I lost all my family. I was young at them time and was taken to safety by a photographer who was taking pictures of the disasters. He took me back to England and adopted me.I was raised by

him and Meg.

My dad suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder when my mum died. He was half the way across the world taking his pictures. He’s a professional photographer who takes pictures of world disasters her are a couple....

Disaster: Volcano eruption

Photographer: Joesph Potter (my dad)

Year: 1991

Location: Mt. Pinatubo, Luzon, Philippines

Casualties: 800

This picture is straight out of a disaster movie, but don't be fooled, this isn't a Hollywood studio. It's a real vehicle running from the real eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991. Eruptions went from small to large in over two weeks, culminating in several eruptions 13 or more miles high. The ash cloud left Luzon in total darkness and contributed to reducing the temperature of the entire Northern Hemisphere over the following years.

The Armero Tragedy

Disaster: Volcano eruption

Photographer: Joesph Potter

Year: 1985

Location: Nevado Del Ruiz, Colombia

Casualties: 25,000

The Nevado Del Ruiz volcano's relatively small eruption in Colombia caused massive lahars (volcanic mudslides). Mud and debris traveled at highway speeds and flowed into the rivers, engulfing the town of Armero. This deeply disturbing image was taken of 13-year-old Omayra Sanchez, who died after being trapped in debris for 3 days. The shocking photo brought international attention and controversy to the event

I now work in Sainsburys and live at home with my dad and my brother. Its a funny story really, my dad got a email 4 years ago from my biological brother who survived the the genocide. But we have only just been reunited  because my dad decided to keep it form me! i persuade him to do an exhibition he was offered and when helping him sort out his pictures i found the picture he world breaking award for. It was me next to my dying mother anyways. He had cropped it ! Crop out my bother who was in the shot. He said it was for my own good or some other bullshit ! but know hes here and i am grateful for that but him and my dad really aren't getting along ! errrrrr

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                            Kings Uni !

                        My shitty Bedsit

Rwanda is were i was born

my ethical home 

i was raised in the uk with my adopted father

                                                                                                                       

The Genocide 1994

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