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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

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Typhoon Ketsana, on Boston Big Picture Blog

An incredible set of pictures.

Photography dead anyone?

Gangs of Rio – Audio Slideshow on The New Yorker

I haven’t stopped laughing since David White sent me this video … anyone you know?

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Graham Trott (who made this) is a genius.  duckrabbit salutes you Graham.

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INCLUSIVITY and photography – a thoughtful response

Some time ago duckrabbit ran a silly competition offering $1000 to anyone who could successfully justify to Stan Banos why PDN set up a 22 strong all white photography judging panel.

The competition, and surrounding debate resulted in PDN putting out an apology of sorts.  Today I received this comment from the US lawyer Steven Reyes:

‘I [...]

Black Saturday: the Aussies get involved

With the majority of multimedia journalism projects emerging from the US and Europe, it’s great to see a slick piece come from Australia.

It arrives in the form of Black Saturday produced by broadcaster ABC, and tells the human stories of the huge bush fires which tore through Victoria in February this year. Here are some [...]

1 in 8 million (#2) – NY Times

I know that the New York Times series One in 8 million has been highlighted here before but I just wanted to share this week’s installment, which really touched me. It’s the story of an immigrant family from Bhutan who are trying to adapt to their new home, and it’s just wonderful. The photography is [...]

Behind the Veil

This week long mini series by the Globe and Mail is causing quite the stir among multimedia journalists this week. Tracy Boyer’s eagle eye spotted it on the weekend, and it’s had plaudits from the likes of The Travel Photographer and The Bombay Flying Club.

I like it too, for several reasons:

it’s full screen (why hasn’t [...]

Audio Slideshow: Greenland: a dangerously melting world

If you believe the following audio slideshow on the Guardian website then the sea level will rise by seven metres if all Greenland Circle’s ice melted.

By the time you read this me and David should be in Bangladesh.  Nowhere worth talking about in Bangladesh rises much above five meters, which means the whole country would [...]

After Photography, what is next?

‘A conversational media will begin with the humanity of the person (the subject), not their social ranking. Rather than being looked at by the journalist, it will be generally better to think of the subject as potentially becoming involved in the conversation. (Martin Buber’s I-Thou vs. I-It is a way to get at these differences.)’

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shifting sands – desertification in China

Sean Gallagher won Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey’s first Emerging Photographer Fund in 2008, and used the prize to travel to China to photograph the devastating effects of desertification on the most populous country on earth. Since then he has also received grant money to continue his work from the Pulitzer Center for [...]

The best collection to be part of

 

The Big Picture brings today a fascinating set of shots I wanted to share with the duckrabbit readers.  A colourfull, imaginative, breathtaking collection of kisses. Just as kisses should be.

Reflecting reality through kisses is a very beautiful way of showing our humanity. I hope you can enjoy this 33 pictures taken by a wide range of photographers, depicted all in boston.com.

Maybe this [...]

The Snakebox Oddessy by Paul Close (where it’s at)

Bang. Bang. Bang. WOW.

This blew me away.

I mean this REALLY BLEW ME AWAY.

For more info look here and here.

If you only look at one thing on the web this week go here.

If you are a blogger please spread the word on this amazing work.

Paul Close, duckrabbit salutes you!

Parched in India

A photographer whose work I’ve come to admire greatly is Sanjit Das. He and I briefly worked together on a job for the NGO Action Aid in Delhi last summer, and since then I’ve been watching his output with interest – and not a little envy. He is a serious talent.

Anyway, the other day I [...]

FORBIDDEN: Gays and Lesbians in Burundi, on Human Rights Watch

Yesterday I pointed out how some American  NGO’s are really leading the way in visual storytelling. Somewhere near the top of the pile are Human Rights Watch, a charity who has really got its act together when its comes to getting important stories out onto the internet.

Forbidden: Gays and Lesbians in Burundi is the kind [...]