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I picked up this interesting initiative from a tweet by duckrabbit this morning. The BBC story is rather inspiring and worth a read. I won’t regurgitate it here. However, in summary – the photographer, Lee Karen Stow, was born in Hull, which happens to be twinned with Freetown in Sierra Leone. She went to the [...]
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If you have followed Duckrabbit over the last couple of years you will no doubt know they produce an excellent blog and exceptional multi-media work. However, their recent work for MSF and Oxfam sits some what uncomfortably with the position they often seem to support. Advocates for the voice of those in the developing world [...]
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Save the Children released research this week that claims ‘aid works’. This appears to be more than an exercise in accountability or impact assessment. This looks like the defense of aid in the face of a recession, negative press and a changing world. Part of the response from Save the Children is the video above. [...]
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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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