China Village Documentary Project

From what I can gather this is part of an EU-China government project looking at the impact of ‘village self governance‘ reforms in rural China (grass-roots democracy). Basically, they went to 10 villages and gave 100 people either a stills camera or video camera and asked them to record the politics of the village. Now [...]

Awaiting Justice? Time to re-think the picturing of conflict survivors in Nepal

I was at the British Embassy in Kathmandu a couple of weeks back to attend a gathering on enforced disappearances. The event marked the 6th anniversary of the killing a 15-year-old girl, Maina Sunuwar, in 2004 by the Nepal Army. The main draw was the première of a short film entitled, ‘Awaiting Justice‘ (presented as [...]

‘Real lives are like novels not legal documents’ – How NGOs should be using photos and video in social activism.

I know, I know, its a bit of a headline title but as this article rounds of one year dedicated to looking at the use of photography, video and all that other visual stuff used in social activism I thought it appropriate to end with a grand claim. But to be honest with you I [...]

Participatory photography – Jack of all trades, master of none?

‘Proxy wars’, do diets work ? and the 2009 Ashes series OK, I am going to be a bit flippant and suggest first-up that the debate about whether participatory photography (PP) represents the greatest thing since sliced bread or is an ineffective use of resources that perpetuates neo-colonial attitudes in development is; 1) a stupid [...]

The Rights Exposure Project with Amnesty International Australia

I have just contributed an article to the Amnesty International Australia website looking at the use of visual media in campaigning for the rights of individuals at risk.

This is Kroo Bay – interactive multi-media by Save the Children (UK)

‘This is Kroo Bay’ is an interactive multi-media participatory web project working from the Kroo Bay slum in Free Town, Sierra Leone. This Save the Children (UK) project presents a series of four interactive ‘scenes’ or ‘webisodes’ based around panoramic photos using Flash Panorama Player (similar to the work done by Gideon Mendell for The [...]

‘Why Produce and Collect Photos Not to Show them?’

Article by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh on participatory photo project with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon published on ARTEEAST.

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