Welcome to The Rights Exposure Project. The concept is simple – to explore the use of visual media – primarily photography and video – in social activism. The project, started in January 2009, looks to engage with communities, organisations and individuals interested in using visual tools in innovative and effective ways to lever positive change.
This site is for sharing experiences, materials and links to work in this field and welcomes contributions and information that helps to build the resource and stimulate debate.
The project is run by Rob Godden with the collaboration of Lourdes Hernández as well as other notable contributors along the way.
Rob holds a BA in Political Science from Metropolitan University and an MA in South Asia Area Studies [Politics major] from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He currently works as Asia-Pacific Regional Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International and is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Lourdes works as a lecturer at the Language Centre of the London School of Economics. She has worked, on a volunteer basis, with several NGOs and she holds a MA in Human Rights. In the last three years, she has been involved in different projects related to documentary film-making. She is based in London.
Views expressed on this blog are those of the individual authors and not the organisations they work for.
Please email rightsexposureproject@gmail.com to be in contact.
Thanks for reading.
Dear Rob,
We are trying to start a civic engagement project in kolkata with Undergraduate student. It would be great if you can provide more details on your organization work and how the students might get involved in it.
Thanks
Dear Robert,
I am the regulare visitor of your website. I think if you will put some basic idea and tips how to handle the camera and about campaigning than it would be more useful. Wonderful job!!! Keep it Up…
With regards,
Sagar.
Thanks Sagar. Great to get comments from you. In regards to photographic tips – I am not a professional photographer so would need to either get tips from one, or link to related sites. I will give this some thought (equally for video) and see what I can come up with. On campaigning, I could write something on this and communications. It will need to be linked to visual media as this is the focus of the project, rather than campaigning in general. I will also look for some useful links.
Best
Rob
ROb,
This seems like a terrific initiative. I offer a bit of free advertising here:
http://politicstheoryphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/rights-exposure-project.html
I am delighted to find this website. I am an academic based in London who writes on photography and displacement. I am very interested in photogrpahic self-representation and also photography from the ‘global south,’ as also in the role of the image as a platform for representation.
I’ll check in from time to time to see what’s new here. Thanks for your efforts!
Thanks Jim, much appreciated. Your site also looks interesting, I look forward to checking it out. Best, Rob.
3D coverage = Photography + Web innovation
Thought this might capture your interest and the interest of your readers. I just wrapped up a 3D coverage project for the NY Photo Festival.
Follow the link to the NY Photo Festival’s homepage, scroll down the page and click on the box that says “Coverage NYPH 2010 in 3D” http://www.nyphotofestival.com
Over the last few years, I’ve developed an innovative method of covering events. I create a 3D online experience of the event, rendered through the interplay of photos and video interviews with attendees and special guests, all set in an evocative, 3D representation of the event’s environment.
Quickly after an event begins, a virtual version is launched, which those interested can then visit and explore, both contemporaneous with those attending the event live, or at any point thereafter. This new type of journalistic model vastly expands the number of people who can experience an event. The event will live on online, reaching visitors and influencing their decisions long after the festival has closed.
This new type of coverage doesn’t reside at just one Website—it’s meant for dissemination throughout the Web. Like YouTube videos, the coverage is embeddable on any Website or blog.
Blog it! Past the embed code into your site to share the content. Find and copy the code on my website at http://www.martinlenclos.com/site/nyph10.html
Feel free to ask me for images.
Best,
Martin Lenclos
Website: http://www.lenclos.com
Blog: http://www.fullbodypicture.com
New York Photo Festival Coverage: http://www.martinlenclos.com/site/nyph10.html
Hi Rob, just found my way here via a tweet posted about it. Will take a good look around. Purna