‘Open See’ – exhibition on migration by Jim Goldberg

The American photographer, Jim Goldberg, became a full-member of Magnum in 2006. He won the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson grant in 2007 which has funded his current project – Open See – on immigration, refugees and trafficking in Greece

Postcard

Postcard, originally uploaded by Buddha’s Breakfast. Advocacy Forum produce a postcard to lobby the Prime Minister of Nepal for Maina’s killers to be immediately arrested and prosecuted. The campaign, starting on the 5th anniversary of her killing, also demands that all instances of human rights abuses during the 10yr conflict be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted [...]

Image for postcard to mark the 5th anniversary of the killing of Maina Sunuwar

Maina_postcard_FINAL3_web, originally uploaded by Buddha’s Breakfast. Maina Sunuwar was only 15 years old when on 17 February 2004 she was taken from her home by members of the Nepal Army. They took her to a nearby army camp used to train soldiers prior to going on UN Peace keeping missions. There soldiers repeatedly pushed her [...]

Controversy, consent and campaigning – image for the 5th anniversary of the killing of Maina Sunuwar – Kathmandu, Nepal

Introduction The main aim of this project is to explore how photography contributes towards human rights and how it can be better integrated into campaigning. I hope that over time the blog will bring together a host of resources, info, interviews and articles from the realm where human rights and photography come together. Because this [...]

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