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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duckrabbit posted this on May 17th, 2011
For me there is always a story under the story in the best photofilms. James Hooker gets this.
Earlier this year I was invited to spend a couple of days with the undergraduates on the photojournalism course at London College of Communication (alongside duckrabbit’s teaching on the Masters course there). I’m not sure if [...]
duckrabbit posted this on May 2nd, 2011
Yesterday I put up a post that in part explored how highly staged and stylized photography has come to define how we perceive women survivors of rape in The Congo. I’ve been pretty amazed that no-one wants to defend what has become the pre-eminent way of working on projects as a documentary photographer/photojournalist? Shouldn’t we just admit what [...]
duckrabbit posted this on April 18th, 2011
Those are just a few of the words that come to mind watching Margaret Cheatham Williams’ photofilm Goodnight Moon (first spotted on the excellent Innovative Interactivity).
There’s been a lot of debate around the use of cinematic techniques to film traumatic events. Dan Chung’s video of the aftermath of the Japanese Earthquake is a [...]
duckrabbit posted this on April 15th, 2011
This is an astonishing photofilm about how one small fishing community has been affected by the BP Oil disaster. What the photofilm lacks in context about the disaster it makes up for in emotional punch and as good a set of documentary photography as you are likely to see.
I take my hat off [...]
duckrabbit posted this on April 5th, 2011
followed by a series of even more thought provoking responses to Jake Price’s black and white pictures on show.
Here’s just a few:
I think of all the bullshit around photography the idea that somehow a photo in black and white is a deeper more truthful representation of life is amongst the [...]
duckrabbit posted this on March 22nd, 2011
Goddamn this is a project and a half barrel of whisky.
Immense.
Damian Drohan is one of the most committed students duckrabbit has had the pleasure to train. It gives me great honor to introduce you to his monumental project about the unknown, unrecognized Irish veterans of World War 2 (be sure to [...]
duckrabbit posted this on February 2nd, 2011
Got a cool email this morning. Samira Hack, who was a prominent voice in the Open Eye documentary and photofilm I made with Joseph Rodriguez got in contact with Joseph with these words:
‘All that I can say is, Finally! I am very pleased with the results [...]
David White posted this on January 19th, 2011
(PLEASE SHARE THIS IMPORTANT STORY)
If you didn’t get to listen to the fascinating and harrowing piece on the BBC World Service this morning about the photographer Dalia Khamissy‘s attempts to document what happened to the thousands who were kidnapped and disappeared during the Lebanese civil war, then you can listen again here. You [...]
duckrabbit posted this on January 18th, 2011
Obviously the top people at The World Press know a thing or two about how to run a competition. For their latest award, they’ve decided that the FIFA World Cup football selection model is the way to go. Well, not quite …
According to someone commenting on the duckrabbit the nominators of this years [...]
duckrabbit posted this on January 9th, 2011
Great little video about Street Photographer Matt Stuart who comes across as not just a wicked photographer but a top bloke.
Thanks to Olivier at BJP for sharing this.
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duckrabbit posted this on January 7th, 2011
Really lovely and inspiring video about Alex Soth.
So interesting to compare this with the video of Plankton I put up earlier in the week.
duckrabbit posted this on January 3rd, 2011
Ciara Leeming summed it up beautifully on the BBC recently when she said the problem with many ‘photojournalists’ is that they have little understanding of journalism.
Dominic Nahr’s set of pics in TIME is a great example. Why? Where is the coherency and where is the story?
To be fair to Dominic he’s run [...]
duckrabbit posted this on January 2nd, 2011
“If I had only known that my sons were going and that I would not see them again I would have thrown myself under the wheels of the truck that took them.” Imm Aziz
Palestinian Amina Hassan Banat, 78, better known for Imm Aziz, sits on a sofa placed under the framed [...]
duckrabbit posted this on January 2nd, 2011
I am pouring myself and the photographer Dalia Khamissy a large whiskey (thanks Val for the Chrimbo Jamesons). This one we have earned.
Tonight I finished mixing a radio documentary for the BBC about the estimated 17000 people who were kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war, and never seen again. If any of you [...]
duckrabbit posted this on December 6th, 2010
A little while back on old friend from the BBC got in touch to ask if I would spend some time talking with Sally Flatman, the producer of BBC Radio 4′s Christmas appeal. The appeal supports Connections (St Martin’s in the Fields) vital work with homeless people in London.
To cut a long story [...]
duckrabbit posted this on November 30th, 2010
(amended title because Joerg’s was MUCH better)
Take a look at this picture by Damon Winter, as featured on the (excellent) New York Times, Lens Blog, and part of a series featured in the newspaper:
The photographs have been taken using an iPhone that automatically applies heavy processing with an iPhone app. [...]
duckrabbit posted this on November 11th, 2010
Good to see another one of duckrabbit’s students getting their work shown on the BBC.
Damian Drohan is one of the most committed photographers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I’ve been in awe of the way he has been seeking out Irish World War Two veterans to both photograph and record their [...]
duckrabbit posted this on November 2nd, 2010
In many ways sound is the ultimate visual medium. When we listen to something, or someone, we create images in our mind.
One of the clichés of photography, particularly humanitarian photography, is that it gives people a voice. Watch the video on the front page of the VISA website to see exactly what I [...]
duckrabbit posted this on October 19th, 2010
On paper Pete Masters is the web editor of MSF UK, and although he is a bit of a geek, Pete is so much more … he’s duckrabbit’s best ever student.
Now whilst MSF go into really troubled places and save lives (and a lot more), Pete isn’t all humanitarian, because secretly on [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 28th, 2010
One of the great things about teaching on the Masters in Photojournalism at the London College of Communication is that I come into contact with some very talented and switched on people. Many of my students, with a lot of sweat and more than a little luck, will go on to do great things.Hannah [...]
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