50 + Web 2.0 Ways to tell a story. Wiki created by Alan Levine in which he provides an organised list of free web tools for creating multimedia stories in the web. Abhivyakti – Media for Development. Based in India. Provides training and services on community and alternative media, including video production. BBC Film making Guide…
Ctrl+Alt+Shift – Innovative UK based new social activism organisation using new media, visual arts and stunts for social justice aimed at young people. Part of Christian Aid. Dropping Knowledge – Using strong international photo-journalistic images ‘dropping knowledge’ invite questions from the public to accompany the images as postcards or posters. Their website allows for these questions to be…
The Aftermath Project – a non-profit organization focused on broadening the story telling of conflict and post-conflict societies. The Aftermath Project holds a yearly grant competition open to working photographers worldwide covering the aftermath of conflict. In addition, through partnerships with universities, photography institutions and non-profit organizations, the Project seeks to help broaden the public’s understanding…
Shahidul Alam – is a documentary photographer from Bangladesh and founder of the Drik photo agency. Paula Allen – is a social documentary photographer. She began her career, 30 years ago, photographing non-violent revolutions such as the European nuclear disarmament movement, focusing on Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in England and the Solidarity movement in Poland. She…
Participatory methodologies have become increasingly popular with professional photographers, development and human rights organizations over the last three decades. Although matching with overall institutional moves towards more participatory approaches, the ‘over claiming’ of the benefits of such projects has caused some criticism, as well as the ethics of some practitioners. Below are a number of…