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duckrabbit posted this on July 25th, 2009
This week we’re kicking off a new series ‘ Where it’s at’. This is where the finest work we sing about on duckrabbit will go. The stuff that kicks our ass.
Where better to start then with Joseph Rodriguez?
Regular readers will know that duckrabbit couldn’t give a toss about the tedious cult [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 24th, 2009 Artdaily.org is running an interview with Jean-Francois Leroy, the heart, soul and brains of the great photojournalism festival that is Visa Pour L’Image.
It makes for fascinating but grim reading.
Basically commitment to photojournalism by the world’s media is dead. We already knew that. And as a result he’s struggling to fill the the [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 17th, 2009 Sometimes the real art is in letting go …
“It was like being a proper journalist again …. turning up in a town you’ve never been to and not being allowed to leave until you’ve got a story.“ Last Weekend duckrabbit ran its first multimedia training course at the Trinity Arts Centre, in Bristol, [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 17th, 2009 Yo peeps …
One of the things duckrabbit would like to think we’re good at is editing. Mind you essentially we’re crowd pleasers. As a BBC Radio producer duckrabbit learned that you could make three dimensional, intellectually stimulating programmes that were also very popular. You just had to work bloody hard at it.
To me [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 13th, 2009 Having just seen the winner of The Press Photographer’s Year, I completely understand now why Kenyan photographers get totally pissed off so many of the photography jobs go to visitors to their country (NGO or otherwise).
The argument being that outsiders are better equipped to deliver (yeah right).
The winners photo was taken in Kenya. [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 7th, 2009
When duckrabbit lived in Ethiopia the radio programmes that I managed regularly told stories of women and children who had been the victims of sexual violence. The stories were horrific. To say that that the problem is endemic is to put it mildly. Sexual violence against women and children is rampant the [...]
duckrabbit posted this on July 1st, 2009 Regular duckrabbit readers will know that I’m not a big fan of black and white photography. David White, the photographer in duckrabbit, says it’s my blind slot. He’s right, but I’m learning.
I’ve just come across another learner. Benjamin Jarosch, a young New York based photographer looked me up on Skype to chew the fat [...]
duckrabbit posted this on June 10th, 2009 There’s a quiet and thoughtful audio slideshow running on the BBC about the harsh reality of life for many of Zimabawe’s children. Take a moment out of your day to watch it and to reflect how ‘man hands on misery to man.’
The suffering in this world is only matched by the mass indifference towards [...]
duckrabbit posted this on June 6th, 2009 duckrabbit today launches an exciting new free entry photo competition with a twist. One lucky person will win a lip smackingly beautiful $1000. The task is simple … all you need to do is restore a little bit of duckrabbit’s faith in the world. Intrigued? Read on …
The roots of duckrabbit’s competition stated several [...]
duckrabbit posted this on May 23rd, 2009 Photographer Oliver Edwards has. He’s just signed up for duckrabbit’s first Trinity Session.
The Trinity Sessions are for photographers and journalists who want to get their head round multimedia storytelling and in particular recording audio for slideshows.
Oliver has a degree in documentary photography from Newport University. The moving photos here are from a job [...]
duckrabbit posted this on May 21st, 2009 A few months ago I emailed a friend of mine who works in the Kibera slum in Nairobi suggesting they take a look at an amazing set of photos by Jehad Nga taken in the same slum.
‘My Shadow. My Opponent’ explores the lives, spaces and activities associated with boxing clubs in Kibera.
Instinctively I [...]
duckrabbit posted this on May 14th, 2009 ‘Viewing Restricted: [Re]presenting Poverty is a major new exhibition which sets out to explore different notions, representations and manifestations of ‘poverty’ within a global context. ‘
That’s the kind of introduction I’d have gently persuaded the journalists I’m training in Pakistan at the moment to dump.
But if you think that was a bit over [...]
David White posted this on May 9th, 2009 I was lucky enough this Easter to get into Imber, a tiny village in the middle of Salisbury Plain. Normally the village is closed to the public..what’s left of it anyway. I went out of personal curiousity really, I fancied motoring down there in my ancient and beautiful amazon…but thought I might as well take [...]
duckrabbit posted this on April 22nd, 2009
I’m a big fan of MSF. I seldom give to big charities because the money is often better spent in smaller ones that are closer to the people they serve BUT if you were to hold a gun to my head and tell me to empty my pockets for a charity I’d be hoping [...]
duckrabbit posted this on April 17th, 2009 As an artist you have to decide what path you are going to walk down.
You have to decide what you want to do with your life, who you want to speak to, who you want to speak for.
You need a vision and you need a cause.
You need patience and you need hope.
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duckrabbit posted this on April 13th, 2009 duckrabbit is sick of the sound of his own voice, banging on about this and banging on about that! Its time our lovely and loyal readers did some of the work.
Actually I’m going to be blunt (just for a change). Photographers appears to live in a slightly sycophantic world. This is worrying. I say [...]
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