Posts Tagged social displacement
End of Labor Town: Dumping Ground of Old Men in Japan
Posted by bruce in Documentary Photography, Photography That Matters, social displacement on December 27, 2009
These are not the view of Japan that we normally see. Shiho Fukada shows us how some elderly people in Japan fare. It is not a story unique to Japan.
SEE http://www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/shiho_fukada/728
Moises Saman: Lost Boys of Afghanistan
Posted by bruce in Children, Documentary Photography, Middle East, The Human Condition on August 31, 2009
Lost Boys of Afghanistan by Moises Saman
See this stirring slideshow by Moises Saman shot for The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/27/world/20090827AFGHANMINORS_index.html
Dhiraj Singh: The (New) Eyes Of India
Posted by bruce in Documentary Photography, Photography That Matters, Sub Continent, The Human Condition, War, social displacement on August 6, 2009
From “Six Feet Under,” ©2009Dhiraj Singh
For more work by Dhiraj Singh, SEE: http://www.dhirajsingh.com/01.htm
Dhiraj Singh is a Photojournalist who lives in Mumbai, India. His work has been published in numerous international magazines and online journals, including Newsweek, Vanity Fair, msnbc.com, The Wall Street Journal, L’Expresso, and, many others. He has won numerous awards (see his “bio,” on his site, above) and participated in many exhibitions. His pictures of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 were part of the prestigious group exhibition titled, ‘Bearing Witness’ held in Mumbai in 2009.
Documentaryshooters is honored to have permission to publish Mr. Singh’s work. We feel he has the insights and skills to show India as it is, depicting its greatness and its struggles, its deep and ancient soul as well as its modern and energetic heart. He, as no other photographer has, since, the great Raghu Rai’s seminal work of the 1970’s, ’80’s and 90’s, not only shows India and the sub continent, he makes us feel it. Read the rest of this entry »
Parikarma: But It Rained
Posted by bruce in Documentary Photography, War, social displacement on August 6, 2009
Parikrama: But It Rained from Split Magazine on Vimeo.
This is a rock band video based on a magazine article about kidnap victims in Kashmir and those who wait for their return. This is one of India’s most revered bands and was one of India’s all time most popular rock songs.
Vote
Posted by bruce in Documentary Photography, Photography That Matters, The Human Condition, social displacement on July 2, 2009
“Vote,” Selma Voting Rights March, 1965
©Bruce Davidson
Sometimes we forget that the “Big Work,” the work that one becomes known for making isn’t all there is.
Bruce Davidson went south, from Chicago, on instinct.
The world was shaking and he felt the vibe.
The time was now: Civil Rights.
Real change.
Without assignment or specific destination he “nailed it,” and was able to work on the edges of the news, tell the story from a personal and deeply intimate viewpoint.
This image, for me, is one his best. Beautiful composition. Beatiful moment. Beautiful storyline. Iconic and packed with all the elements that make it a novel unto itself, if this was the only photography that existed from the era it was shot in, it would, I think, be enough to tell the story of the struggle.
One word and one image: sometimes it’s enough: Vote.
For More on Bruce Davidson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davidson_(photographer)
Prostitution: Pain
Posted by bruce in Documentary Photography, Middle East, Photography That Matters, prostitution on June 8, 2009
©2009 Photograph by Mimi Chakarova
GO TO: http://www.mclight.com/slideshow.html
Editor’s Note
This is one of the most painful documentaries I have ever seen.
Even more amazing is the fact that the work is not the slam and splash type of photojournalism that deals in blood, guts and flames.
Azerbaijan: Displacement Ex-Soviet Style
Posted by bruce in Middle East on May 28, 2009
©Rena Effendi
GO TO: http://www.fiftycrows.org/index.php#s=0&p=0&a=2&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&at=1
Displacement. A world wide problem. When the Grid comes you got to move no matter that there is no good place to go to from the bad place you have become accustomed to. It looks the same in Azerbaijan, Mexico DF, Lomas del Poleo, Chicago…wherever.
Rena Effendi takes us into the rarely seen inner Azerbajian, to the mahalla neighborhood in the capitol city of Baku.
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Border-Blog- “WOKIKSUYE CANKPE OPI” (“Remember Wounded Knee”)Marvin, a Pima Indian from Arizona, AIM takeover of BIA offices, Chicago, Christmas Eve 1970 photograph by Bruce Berman ©2009 Dec. 29, 2009 / Wounded Knee Day This is Wounded Knee Day. It calls for remembrance. In the 120 year aftermath, the victims of Wounded Knee have still not received justice, let alone, widespread acknowledgment of the murders of nearl […]
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- Christmas en El CentroChristmas weirdness, El Paso, Texas – December 20, 2009 Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Post this to MySpace Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Linkedin Seed this on Newsvine Add this to Googl […]
- Myths, Ghosts, And, This WindowGhost View south, Dec. 19, 2009 Three of the last four posts have involved this window. The view to the south. One block to Alameda Street, two more down Stevens and, voila, you’re at the bridge, then you’re in Juarez, then, if you keep going, you’re on the carretera to Ciudad Chihuahua, then Torreon, then Puebla [...] Related posts:My Window and Mi Compañer […]
- My Window and Mi Compañeros a Sur: Season’s Greetings!Guadalupe #41, El Paso – Dec. 18, 2009 This third floor window looks out onto the Cordova Bridge to Juarez, three blocks to the south. It’s the Season. Guadalupe, I will light you every night -and a string of Christmas lights too- for the rest of the holiday. If anyone in Juarez sees this, please wave [...] Related posts:A Warm Farewell I kiss you, SNOW! “Ra […]
- New Mexico JukeLas Cruces, NM/Dec. 14, 2009 Juke boxes. They’re a “warm fuzzy,” no matter how you cut it. No? I just wanna dance. It’s the holidays. Time to dance. And stare at the wall (and the Web) and have luxurious long lunches (and personally enriching) with good friends, now, in the rush of my life, long overlooked. I’m in New Mexico and [...] Related posts:Chaparra […]
- A Warm FarewellA piece written to my photography students at the end of a fine semester at New Mexico State University. Forgive the “first person.” Originally posted on their class website at www.nmsu.documentaryshooters.com: Brucini w/New Blanket from a Good Friend, El Paso –Dec. 9, 2009 So it comes to this, the semester ends, we go our own way, we know more [...] Relat […]
- El Centro de El PasoEl Centro, El Paso – September 2009 Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on Reddit Buzz up! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Post this to MySpace Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on Linkedin Seed this on Newsvine Add this to Google Bookmarks Share t […]
- FuzzAlameda in Mist, December 2, 2009 The view south, across Alameda street, across the Chamizal, three blocks beyond, across the bridge, into Juarez, into Chihuahua, into Mexico, beyond. Usually the view is razor sharp. The last few days have fuzzed things up: snow, rain, and, now, this morning, fog. Been looking south across this razor sharp landscape for [... […]
- I kiss you, SNOW!El Puente Cordova, El Paso/Juarez, November 30, 2009 Snow! A rarity in this no-mans-land. Hardship. No one is ready for it. Not man nor beast nor domicile. The aftermath will be unnavigable mud on some of the streets in Juarez: there’s always a fire from people using heaters they’re not used to using; tons of $14.95 coats will [...] Related posts:“Rats” in […]
- “WOKIKSUYE CANKPE OPI” (“Remember Wounded Knee”)