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The Guardian newspaper (UK) continues its Flickr photo projects in 2012 with this interesting challenge. Only open to those residing in developing countries, they are asking people to document one theme over the coming year. Whether education, farming, business or politics – they want people to shoot a series of images regularly over the year [...]
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Loving the Benetton ‘UNHATE’ poster campaign. Shame the Vatican got all hot and bothered by it as that was my favourite. Amazing how controversial a kiss can be…ask Bollywood directors! I would love to see more social activism initiatives using techniques like this. The manipulation of images has great potential to create unseen or unlikely [...]
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I came across Sophie Gerrard’s work via a recent article on the BBC News website about an eye hospital in Bihar, India. I was impressed enough to have a dig around on her website and found another interesting project on maternal health. What struck me was the balance in her approach – not overly dramatic [...]
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Huge, immersive project by Espen Rasmussen on displaced people. Spanning seven years, ‘Transit‘ covers 10 countries, from Norway to Bangladesh. Composed of a photo book and multimedia pieces the audience is brought close to individual lives caught up in national issues of poverty and conflict.
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‘Death Penalty: Through My Lens’ is a photo competiton organised by the Asia-Pacific Youth Network and Amnesty International Malaysia. It is open to anyone under 30yrs of age living in the Asia-Pacific. Focussing on the death penalty (with the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October) it asks, ‘What does the death penalty [...]
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Obviously, some countries are more attractive than others as places to live, though much will depend on where you are from and what you like. However, some are not predisposed to peaceful, easy living. But even in the most economically destitute places on the planet the picture is far more nuanced than is often represented [...]
Filed under: Photography | Tagged: Africa, armed conflict, Asia, conflict, media, poverty, South Asia | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday 28 June at 7pm, Human Rights Action Centre, London. Mark Sealy, director of Autograph ABP, will introduce the ‘Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America’ exhibition, currently at Rivington Place until 30 July 2011. Hosted by Amnesty International at the Human Rights Action Centre, the panel will discuss issues around violence and race. For further [...]
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Deadlines for the Ankor Photo Festival are upon us. If you wish to submit content then you better get your skates on as the deadline is today (15 June)! If you want to apply for the photographic workshops then you have until 15 July (note, only open to Asia photographers below the age of 28 [...]
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