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Back in September I posted that the new MSF ‘Starved for Attention‘ series of videos made in collaboration with VII were well worth a view. However, I’m not so sure about the latest offering, ‘Kenya & Somalia: Why do we have to wait for a crisis?‘ We are subjected to a series of choppy edits [...]
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MSF’s ‘Starved for Attention‘ series of multi-media pieces by prominent photographers is well worth a look. As is this interview with one of them, Jessica Dimmock. </object>
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More good stuff from Duckrabbit. Good to have the voice of the mother. Would like to have heard from the local doctors too. More here.
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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 [...]
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The BBC article today on Rob Crilly’s new book, ‘Saving Darfur, Everyone’s Favourite Africa War‘ reminded me of how NGOs sometimes over simplify issues and in doing so run the risk of unintended negative consequences. Crilly argues that, as a journalist sent to cover conflicts in Africa, he was predominantly told to focus on Darfur [...]
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When I first saw this set of photos by Stanley Greene for Noor I felt some affinity as they deal with the challenge of securing electricity in poor communities. At this time of year Nepal is in its darkest days (literally) of ‘load shedding’ – or more accurately – power cuts. The cuts last 14 [...]
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I recently completed a photographic project entitled ‘Sweet Salone: Portraits of Contemporary Sierra Leone’ – kindly featured on this website by Rob. What did I hope to achieve with this project? Simply to provide an insight into the lives of a few Sierra Leoneans in the hope that it might produce a more nuanced representation [...]
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After yesterday’s BoP post here is another admirable attempt to look at the issue of ‘poverty’ in a more positive light. Sophia Spring’s photos for FOTO8 of Sierra Leone attempt to capture nuances, individuals and the reality that is separate from the one dimensional view often projected by INGOs and the media. Development organisations have [...]
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Interesting initiative by Jonathan Kalan – BoP (Base of the Economic Pyramid – which is basically those 4 billion people without access to financial services, living in informal settlements and paying high prices for basic commodities). Jonathan, rather than seeking out situations of poverty to document looks to ‘discover, document and share stories of remarkable [...]
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I like Media Storm, in that they are slick and appear to know what they are doing. There have also been a couple of pieces on their website that I rather liked (particularly ‘Love in the First Person‘ and ‘Undesired‘). As such I always look forward to viewing a new batch of material produced by [...]
Filed under: Multi-media | Tagged: Africa, agriculture, Asia, Madagascar, Pakistan, South Asia, water | Leave a Comment »
