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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

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 [...]

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!

The Bangladesh Project – Geoffrey Hiller

It seems that every great photograph is coming out of Bangladesh right now, just when duckrabbit is about to set off there!

Bangladesh Project is a record of Geoffrey Hiller’s year there teaching interactive media. As he explains:

‘Bangladesh is a photographer’s paradise. These images were taken while I was in the capital, Dhaka, on a Fulbright [...]

And death came along …

A man looks over the expanse of ruins left by the explosion of the atomic bomb on in Hiroshima, Japan. (AP Photo)

I am trying to imagine the shock of a nuclear bomb taking out your city at the moment you sit down for breakfast.  It’s not really the kind of thinking [...]

Zen and the art of Sandcastles

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, England.
We threw our [...]

duckrabbit reader task – edit FOTO8 slideshow

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 a great [...]

Audio Slideshow – Into the Swat valley, Declan Walsh

Declan Walsh is a decent reporter and he’s also got a good eye for a photograph (or a nice camera). His delivery in this Guardian audio slideshow might not be all that, but he keeps you hanging in there with a strong story.

And whilst I agree with David’s thoughts about the power of Marco Vernaschi’s [...]

I keep being drawn back to Soft Cities

John Bennett’s photographic poem to London life.

Today this photo by Claire Hutton caught my eye. You could see it but instead Claire has written to say:

‘Duckrabbit you are very, very naughty, bad people for taking one of my photos that I’ve published on-line for everybody here to see and then putting it on your blog, [...]

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”

So said the Henry Miller.

It’s with a rush then that I’ve just taken in GMB Akash’s photo set Take me Home:

Due to Bangladesh’s large population, inadequate seats on the trains and poverty, it is quite common to see a thick layer of people occupying the roof of a train. Frequent accidents, which occur when [...]