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
Awesome! The photos are wonderful and I loved the story about why he took the trip.
wow what a great idea! the pics are fantastic and I really like the effect of the white background “highlighting” the people.
“Wow.”
Wow is right. Just looked at the whole series. Stunning. Beautiful. A very moving. (The occasional captions add considerable weight.)
Close clearly sees the people he met and photographed as individuals, in all their complexity. He doesn’t force them into any preconceived notion of what or who they ought to be.
And his concept is so simple. The subject stands, in context, in front of a white backdrop. That is, the individual stands out from, yet also stands within, her or his community. Effing brilliant.
yep. a great, and wonderfully original project.
love the fact it shows people’s similarities, not differences
Agreed, when I first saw the project I nearly fell off the chair. It really is such a simple idea but one that was done in such a way it leaves the viewer with the ‘wow’ factor.
No ego, no fancy flash, no fancy setups just a white background and the subject.
and no HDR!
Simple. Personal. Impactful (not sure that is a word, but hey!). Visually isolating individuals from their environment with the white back-sheet emphasizes their individuality, with their wishes/dreams only adding to a brief glimpse into their lives. Great stuff.
It certainly proves that with a little ingenuity, one can in fact, take interesting, original pictures in Africa that don’t have wild animals, child soldiers, or dying refugees…