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Autograph ABP – Panel Discussion at Amnesty International on Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
Posted on 24/06/2011 by buddhasbreakfast
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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Moving Walls 17
Posted on 03/06/2010 by buddhasbreakfast
It doesn’t seem a year ago that Moving Walls 16 was with us (because it isn’t?). Anyway, whatever the timing of these things once again we are shown a variety of images, both old and new addressing issues close to the heart of OSI. This year two of the sets focus on Burma – a [...]
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Humanitarian visual communication and documentary photography in the London International Documentary Festival
Posted on 26/04/2010 by spanishinmotion
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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Death threats as ‘Crossfire’ exhibition remains closed
Posted on 31/03/2010 by buddhasbreakfast
According to reports from the Drik photo agency, last Saturday a young man stormed into their gallery in Dhaka and made death threats against Shahidul Alam, creator of the controversial ‘Crossfire’ exhibition. The incident was reported to the local police. For a transcript of the conversation between the man making the threats and the gallery [...]
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Crossfire – Shahidul Alam’s new exhibition on extra-judicial executions in Bangladesh
Posted on 16/03/2010 by buddhasbreakfast
I was originally going to write this post as a contribution to the protection, through public exposure, of Shahidul Alam from the predicted government backlash that his new exhibition, ‘Crossfire‘, will likely provoke. That all still stands. However, the fact is I love the approach Shahidul has taken with this piece of work and it [...]
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Where Three Dream Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan & Bangladesh
Posted on 09/01/2010 by buddhasbreakfast
Between 21 January and 11 April Whitechapel Gallery in London is hosting the photographic exhibition ‘Where Three Dreams Cross‘. The exhibition present photographs documenting the three countries from 1860 to the present day, with 300 works by 70 photographers and artists.
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People After War – third installment of Nepal conflict books
Posted on 30/11/2009 by buddhasbreakfast
In 2008 Nepa Laya and Kunda Dixit (of Himal Media) published a photo book, ‘A People War‘, on the internal conflict in Nepal (1996-2006). The book took a people centric focus, rather than a military one, looking at how they were impacted by the ten year Maoist led ‘Peoples War’. I interviewed Kunda Dixit on [...]
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Comic books save the planet – Ctrl.Alt.Shift anthology on corruption and political comic exhibition
Posted on 04/11/2009 by buddhasbreakfast
I love comics, graphic novels and animation so am well happy that Ctrl.Alt.Shift have recognised their potential in social activism. I posted recently that they were running a competition in collaboration with Lightspeed Champion, well now you can check out their exhibition at the Lazarides Gallery on Greek Street in Soho, London. I am just [...]
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China censors beyond its borders – Drik exhibition on Tibet banned
Posted on 01/11/2009 by buddhasbreakfast
If the Chinese government spouts one line consistently it is that other states should not interfere in its internal affairs. However, this obviously is a case of ‘do as I say not as I do‘. For at least the second time this year the Chinese government has tried to stop the showing of visual art [...]
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