Tag Archive 'Ed Kashi'

The new visual stories of ‘Africa’

June 1st, 2010

The need to re-visualize ‘Africa’ is a major concern of mine, and with my colleagues DJ Clark and Kate Manzo, we established the Imaging Famine blog last month as a way of continuing our Imaging Famine project by aggregating and curating work that both confirms and challenges stereotypes.

Many people are contributing to the production and [...]

Ed Kashi to speak in London, 8-16 March

February 24th, 2010

Here is something not to be missed – in early March Ed Kashi will be in London for a busy schedule of talks about photojournalism, activism and his project on the Niger Delta .
Between Monday 8 March and Tuesday 16 March Ed will be speaking at a number of venues across town – all the [...]

Revolutions in the media economy (5) – the pay wall folly for photographers

December 22nd, 2009

This has been a momentous year for media. In my previous four posts on the revolutions in the media economy, I have used the present uncertainty to take a fresh look at the past many now view nostalgically. This critical view demonstrated that newspapers have always been commercial enterprises rather than altruistic associations, they were [...]