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 23rd, 2011
No, really. You are missing out on one of the most beautiful, creative and inspiring workshops I’ve ever known.
OK, I have a vested interest, but I don’t do bullshit. The Hinterlands Workshop is exceeding our wildest expectations.
We are blessed to be able to spend time teaching and learning from some fascinating [...]
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 [...]
David White posted this on February 1st, 2011
Like many, I have been glued to my computer watching the epic events in Egypt unfold. Images coming in from all over, different views every day, a plethora of images.
Visually I have a great handle on things thanks to the amazing power of the tintertwizzle.
I noticed Time shouting that they had an [...]
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 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 1st, 2010
If people have concrete ideas as to how to make anything at Visa or around Visa better, more engaging, more relevant, or more interesting, they should get in touch with us. Think the work we show is bad ? Send us your own, better work. Think Visa is irrelevant ? Come and make it [...]
Iamnotasuperstarphotographer posted this on September 30th, 2010
I am going to start off by asking the question “How can ‘photofilms’ avoid being classified as ‘cheaper films’ by the film community?”
I am honoured to be able to be part of this progressive discussion on what happens next for photojournalism.
Much negative stuff has come from dealing with the problems of [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 30th, 2010
Making the transition from still photography to videography is bloody hard. There are no short cuts. But rarely has someone made the transition so convincingly as Chinese based photographer Sean Gallagher. Armed with a grant from the Pulitzer Centre he’s been investigating the plight of the Chinese alligator.
Watch his short film and then read Sean [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 29th, 2010
UPDATE Jean Francois Leroy has emailed duckrabbit to say he will be responding within the next 48 hours.
Some of you will have been following the debate about why JF Leroy (Director of the Visa Pour L’Image Festival) has gone to such lengths to give the Haitian photographer Daniel Morel a kicking for uploading [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 27th, 2010
Thank you for your response to my post yesterday critisizing the way way certain photo agencies seem content to abuse the rights of indvidual photographers. I am sorry that we misunderstood you. Might that have something to do with upholding a logic that many people find is at odds with your self stated remit [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 26th, 2010
Yesterday duckrabbit published a post criticizing the photo industry for selling a set of pictures of the aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake but refusing to compensate the photographer because he had shared them on a twitpic. Much of my criticism was aimed at JF Leroy, the Director of Visa Pour L’Image (a photojournalism festival). You can [...]
duckrabbit posted this on September 24th, 2010
The case that opens today according to NPPA:
In a case that could set precedent in online copyright legislation and impact photographers around the world, oral arguments are scheduled to begin Friday in a New York City courtroom in freelance photojournalist Daniel Morel’s claim against Agence France-Presse.
Morel is suing AFP for using, without [...]
duckrabbit posted this on March 1st, 2010
duckrabbit are teaching a short module focusing multimedia storytelling on the Masters photojournalism degree course at LCC (starting tomorrow)
Paul Lowe, who heads up the course, is a great supporter and advocate of digital storytelling. The fact that he wants to prepare students for life after print is rare amongst university educators (nudge, nudge Newport).
Anyway I’m going to put up the links to the pieces that we’ll be discussing in lesson one here on the blog. Hopefully some of the students will leave comments as well (other readers feel free to comment).
The assessment for this unit has 2 parts
• Completion of a practical assignment of a multimedia piece of a maximum of 90
seconds duration using location recorded sound and a minimum of 12 images
• A 750-1000 word report on an aspect of the application of sound and image
Continue reading duckrabbit multimedia class at LCC
David White posted this on February 9th, 2010
Sent to the duck by Ian Forsyth, this multimedia piece looks at the repatriation of soldiers killed on operations whilst in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the thoughts of the residents of Wootton Bassett..a town through which many bodies of these men pass. His piece is an MOD produced handout, maybe the first of its [...]
duckrabbit posted this on November 13th, 2009
Its brilliant that Oxfam have put so much effort into creating an online documentary about the effects of climate change on the people of Bangladesh.
On the upside Oxfam used a local media team who were on the scene when cyclone Aila hit. Respect. There’s also a clear way of responding by sending a [...]
duckrabbit posted this on November 8th, 2009
A Developing Story, a new website, which duckrabbit has helped get up and running, has been born:
Hopefully the title reflects our desire to create an open space on the web in which stories and images that explore the richness and complexity of an unequal world can find a home.
We will also [...]
duckrabbit posted this on August 14th, 2009
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Every now and then duckrabbit invites people to post here who have more interesting things to say about life than we do. Today its the turn of Pete Masters, MSF Uk’s web guru, a charity that provides medical support in response to humanitarian situations.
Basically they patch people up and save [...]
duckrabbit posted this on August 12th, 2009
You know how it is. Friday night you’ve planned to go somewhere but everyone else pulls out. It gets to about nine o’clock and you think can I really be arsed? Nine times out of ten I’d lock myself away but a few Friday’s back I pushed myself out the door to go and [...]
duckrabbit posted this on August 5th, 2009
They used to be known as “river gypsies”, and crisscrossed the country’s waterways to transport goods. Those days are long gone, but today more and more people are again choosing to live on canal boats – only this time often for financial or environmental reasons. I’ve developed something of a fascination for the [...]
duckrabbit posted this on August 4th, 2009
‘Where it’s at‘ is where duckrabbit profiles the work that inspires us. Last week we were privileged enough to feature the work of Joseph Rodriguez (we’ll be putting up some more of his multimedia features later on this week). Today the focus is on Maisie Crow.
(C) Maisie Crow
Tonight Maisie will be [...]
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