WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT duckrabbit
‘Finally (as in last and certainly not least), a heart felt shout out to Benjamin Chesterton at DuckRabbit for extending “concerned” photography into the digital age with his brilliant audio slide shows, and more so– for actively advocating for the empowerment of individuals who are the usual subjects of this genre to become some of its primary documentarians. If I had a MacArthur Grant to give…’ Stan Banos, Reciprocity Failure
By being recognized in POYi, your works has set the gold-standard for excellence in photojournalism. Congratulations.
Rick Shaw, Director
Pictures of the Year International
This is a comment that was left on one of Benjamin’s monthly columns on RESOLVE:
PHOTOGRAPHER MATT KIRWIN’S BLOG:
‘A unique and inspirational way to inform and educate people’
Carissa Lopez, Coalition to stop the use of child soldiers
Being mentored by Benjamin Chesterton was brilliant. Throughout the process, I admired his honesty and commitment because unlike other professional producers Benjamin cared about our project. This was reflected in the fact that he was always willing to give advice and guidance.
duckrabbit have personally given me something to aspire to because I plan to be as good, if not better than Benjamin. The good thing is I know he will help me along the way.
Thanks to Benjamin’s help, our slide shows won the BCU Media School award for excellence in radio at the graduates’ summer exhibition.
Muna Ahmed
‘Sometimes I forget why I fell in love with photography. I can get carried away with “new photography”, “gallery photography” clever talking and concepts. But it was Don MCullin, Salgado and photojournalists of that ilk that first turned me on to photography. Some commentators argue that photojournalism needs to find new ways in which to connect to a increasingly cynical audience, well that’s where Duckrabbit come in. They are striking a wonderful balance between traditional photojournalism and digital presentations. This is done powerfully with INNOCENCE: Sri Lanka’s Former Child Soldiers. And as if that’s not enough, earlier today Duckrabbit announced that one of there regular contributing photographer’s Chiba Yasuyoshi has been awarded 1st prize in the World Press Photo Award for single image for this stunning photo’ Mark Page, Manchester Photography
This week Juliana, David and myself are in Washington DC as finalists in the Knight-Batten Awards for innovations in journalism. Out talk will touch on the power of citizen journalism, especially in a time of crisis.
To start things off though, we want to set the stage with Together an incredibly well done audio slideshow by duckrabbit.
Eric Hersman, Ushahidi
‘INNOCENCE … is an inspirational piece for all journalists who are passionate about their work.’ Innovative Interactivity
‘Innocence is a beautiful showcase on child soldier’s in Sri Lanka. Please share this videos with others if you can.’ Jamie Adrift
‘Ben and David’s productions have been a great communication tool internally and externally. Their easy style of working, originality and quickness in seeing and understanding the commercial application of the work has made the process both quick and a pleasure to be involved with. I have been particularly impressed with their generosity and interpersonal skills in training our staff so that we are able to record our own material.’
Guy Watson, Owner Riverford Organics (UK’s largest Organic Veg Box supplier)
