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Amnesty continue to have a dig at Shell for their work in the Niger Delta with this new video and ad. The sarcasm that annoyed a couple of those who commented on the video is largely a parody of a Shell CSR ad (I guess much of the narrative is taken directly from one of [...]
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Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project and Revenue Watch Institute hosted a panel discussion on oil in the Niger Delta and the use of photography in advocating for social change. Ed Kashi and Michael Watts discussed their new book Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta. Click here to [...]
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Amnesty International UK campaign on their ‘Protect the Human’ blog highlights the damage Shell is doing in the Niger Delta using Google Maps and photos.
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Following on from my article on Raghu Rai’s photos of the Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal it is worth checking out the Greenpeace Photo Essay webpage. The photo essays are a mix, combining evidential images – basically an investigatory documentation approach to support their claims – and ‘witnessing’ documentary photography – either illustrating the beauty of nature or its destruction.
Filed under: Campaigning, Multi-media | Tagged: Africa, e-waste, environment, NGO, Nigeria, Pakistan, photographers, South Asia, West Africa | 1 Comment »
