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Always nice to come across a worthwhile participatory photography initiative, even nicer to find one set up in my old manor. Fotosynthesis was established in 2010 by a group of professional photographers, and is now based out of the Lilian Baylis Old School in Kennington, South London. They run a darkroom and studio space where [...]
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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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For the first time, the London International Documentary Festival will include this year (26 April-8 May) documentary photography in its program. Together with two 5-day intensive Documentary Photography workshops organized in collaboration with Magnum Photos, the Festival is organizing two photography exhibitions and a talk on new approaches to humanitarian visual communication in association with [...]
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These look tastier than cheese on toast with HP Sauce! The Magnum Foundation and the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts are offering four courses in photography and human rights. Not sure how much it costs though? But some lucky pups are going to have a great summer [...]
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A week or so back I wrote on how there needs to be a re-think on the representation of conflict survivors in Nepal. So, it was with some interest that I came across this article in the Nepali Times on the ‘Through Our Eyes‘ project. A collaboration between CWIN-Nepal (working for children’s rights) and Roving [...]
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In January, Kathmandu played host to a workshop with 24 young photographers from Bangladesh, Nepal and Norway. The students were in the capable hands of Philip Blenkinsop (well know for his photos of South East Asia, and particularly the Hmong) and Munem Wasif (critically acclaimed for his images of Old Dhaka). To learn more about [...]
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The excellent Video Volunteers is launching a new initiative called VIVIDH which aims to create a network of community journalists in India – ‘a Reuters from the slums and rural areas‘ if you like. The programme will give a one year, full time fellowship to 60 local activists across the country and train them in [...]
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Changing Ideas will be running their 2nd workshop for photographers wanting to work with NGOs for social change between 10-17 March 2010. Led by the award winning photographer Jonathan Torgovnik, the Changing Ideas workshop will provide participating photographers the opportunity to learn more about producing photographs for social change. It will take place in Kolkata, [...]
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Women Aloud: Video blogging for Empowerment (WAVE) is training young women in India (one per state) to become citizen journalists telling video stories about positive community change for an international audience. The project is managed by the Mumbai based NGO ‘Point of View.’ The criteria for applicants are; 18-25 years old Basic fluency in English [...]
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Between 10-14 August I attended the Video Volunteers camp in Goa, India. The camp included training in various media, including video, animation, blogging and on-line activism, as well as panel discussions on community media. It was attended by community video producers, journalists, film makers and activists.
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