Comments on: ‘People War’ – Photographs of War to Promote Peace in Nepal http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/ Visual media for human rights Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Frames of War (Yudhha Chitra) http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-1943 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:04:09 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-1943 [...] ‘People War’ – Photographs of War to Promote Peace in Nepal [...]

]]> By: zi http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-1705 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:23:44 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-1705 hey thanks for your quick answer. The question of representing a person leads back to how the representer (photographer, writer etc) and represented (the person being photographed or written etc about) defines self-identity. I think Mendel’s work encompasses many aspects of a person – identity and more. I’m doing a little something for a clinic, where I’d like to focus on emotions. How to illustrate emotions without portraitures and audio? Since it’s about emotions, it will have to be spontaneous as well. I like this question very much – how does one perceive (and interpret?) emotions?

Googled and found articles about the Mendel series you mentioned. Will try to find images.

]]> By: buddhasbreakfast http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-1703 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:41:36 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-1703 Hi Zi. Most people take a rather unimaginative approach, from the horrendous – pixelating faces – to shooting from behind or in silhouette. One good example that comes to mind is by Gideon Mendel where he turned up at a shoot and his audience didn’t want to be identifiable in the images. He marked out a rectangle on the wall using tape and told them they could fill the space with what ever they wanted, be it their arm, an object or words. I can’t find the link to this at the moment but if you go to this page you can have a look around for it.

]]> By: zi http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-1690 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:35:43 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-1690 hi, been ploughing through your website for resources on photographing without showing faces. If you happen to have such resources, would you be so kind as to guide me to them?

]]> By: buddhasbreakfast http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-57 Thu, 14 May 2009 05:47:16 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-57 Thanks David. I think the point you make in your article about how people ‘engaged’ with the photos is important. As a human rights campaigner I primarily approach the use of exhibitions as a mechanism for directed action – usually by those at a distance from what is represented. However, in this example the domestic engagement had multiple and diverse outcomes that are not easily quantified by a ‘campaign objective’ – mainly due to the audiences closeness to what the images show. The interview would have been much more detailed however my note book was in my camera bag which was stolen several months ago!

]]> By: profdc http://therightsexposureproject.com/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98people-war%e2%80%99-%e2%80%93-photographs-of-war-to-promote-peace-in-nepal/#comment-54 Wed, 13 May 2009 19:36:14 +0000 http://therightsexposureproject.com/?p=113#comment-54 A good interview, thanks. You might be interested in my post on the People War exhibition from Chobi Mela this year at http://www.david-campbell.org/2009/03/20/war-images-at-work/

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