Writing Here:

duckrabbit
David White, photographer
Ciara
Adam Westbrook
Joseph Rodriguez

What they say about duckrabbit:

'One of the hazards of publishing a well-known photojournalism blog - getting multimedia like yours, where the photos are both powerful and moving, and I end up in tears at my desk.'

Alan Taylor, Boston Big Picture)

'David White's multimedia work with duckrabbit is very exciting.'

Kate Edwards (Guardian Magazine Picture Editor)

'I am a fan of duckrabbit. I am not a fan because I agree with everything Ben has to say, but because he says it without frills and then will spend the time necessary to engage the consequent discussions. Such commitment is a priceless commodity.'

Prison Photography

'I met one of them at an academic conference in the summer. He was the sanest person there, but sure enough by damn gadnabbit ruffled more than a few fluffed up peacock feathers.'

The Photography Pages

'If you haven't seen the duckrabbit blog on multimedia you should.'

Stephen Alvarez

'duckrabbit has done another jaw-dropping job with Condition Critical, a highly commendable and important project for Medecins Sans Frontiers.'

The Travel Photographer

Only 3% of the population trust journalists

If you believe that you’ll believe anything
It can’t possibly be more than 2%

Wow – a smile is a sign of a life worth living – amen

Its  a shame that the BBC sometimes publishes photography as an afterthought. Often it feels like photographically they are covering important and interesting subjects, half-heartedly.

Today’s picture story on people suffering mental health problems in the Congo should be superb, but much of the effect is lost in the reduction of picture quality. That said the [...]

“When I look at this photograph it’s almost zen”

The Travel Photographer/duckrabbit story picked up in the Guardian

The oldest trick in the PR book

A story has been running on the front page of the BBC news website about a pub that’s been painted pink. If that wasn’t bad enough apparently the painting was a prank. The landlord just got up in the morning to find it that way …

Yeah right and I’m an alien from Mars.

A proper journalist [...]

Have you noticed the media are like sheep

you can’t move for Mexico drug gang warfare killing stories.

We’re swimming in a sea of them right now.

Power is telling your own story, giving your story

Abuse is having it taken from you

Some ethics are no brainers.  Put children’s rights first.

Still Images Plus Audio Can Be More Effective Than Online Video

So says Black Star photographer Stanley Leary, backing his claim up with some persuasive arguments.

It’s just a shame the name ‘multimedia’ or ‘audio-slideshow’ sucks.

Last words on the matter

Some of you will know that duckrabbit ( the Benjamin Chesterton half, nothing to do with David) has been getting ’shrill’ about the continued publication and celebration of an Andrea Bruce photograph that shows a seven year old Kurdish girl being genitally mutilated.

The sad truth is that I think the publication of the photograph sets [...]

The Travel Photographer has again written about his outrage

that the Washington Post can publish a photo of a seven year old girl being circumcised that includes both the face of the girl  and her full name. You can read his incisive words here

Melissa Lyttle is very clever … her headline says it all:

Furthering the Abuse

Respect to Trent Nelson, for caring enough to offer [...]

I was fed up with FLASH

so when our server kicked the bucket I decided to kick our business website into touch with it.

Our new website is run like our blog, on the mighty WordPress.

Like us, its a lot more down to earth.

Hope you like it.

Smile for the camera please

whilst I cut off your clitoris …

Not funny is it.

So lets start with another story.

A famous Iraqi journalist travels to the USA where he gains access to a pedophile ring and gets pictures of a seven year old boy being abused by a catholic priest.  The boy thought he was going to a party but [...]

Children are ace

duckrabbit’s phone rings.

It my youngest son’s teacher, Mrs Rose-Lean.

‘We have a problem’ she tells me. Uh Oh!

Luka has just flushed his pants down the toilet!

He’s only five God bless him.

I think she expects me to be annoyed, but I’m too busy laughing, and feeling sorry for Luka that he felt the need to dispose of [...]

A powerful reminder of why photography still matters

can be found here

SORRY

our servers hard drive failed … so we’ve moved to another company and hopefully, fingers crossed things will be all back to normal in the next couple of days … then again …

THANKS for your patience

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