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Olhares em foco: Fotografia participativa e empoderamento juvenil
Covilhã (PO): Universidad da Beira Interior (2016), 366 pp.
Mächtige Bilder: Zur Dekolonisierung des Blicks in der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte
Fotogeschichte, volume 36, issue 141 (2016), pp. 15-24
"Im Folgenden gebe ich zunächst einen kurzen historischen Überblick über die bedeutsamen Genres und Momente der angolanischen Fotografiegeschichte, bevor ich mich ausgewählten Beispielen der rezenten künstlerischen Fotografie intensiver widme. Beides ist wichtig, um zu verstehen, wie in Angola
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A Journalist's Guide to Working with Social Sources
First Draft (2016), 56 pp.
"Increasingly, the most powerful images from a news event are captured by eyewitnesses. The proliferation of smartphones and the popularity of social networks means that before a professional camera crew can arrive at the scene, there will almost always be footage of events already uploaded to the l
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Out of Syria, Inside Facebook
Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst (2016), 224 pp.
"During her studies at the University for Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig, Dona Abboud had mostly only contact via Facebook with her family and friends in Syria. The book presents 10 Syrian men and women with almost 2000 photos of their Facebook pages, supplemented by interviews and short biographi
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Photography in Latin America: Images and Identities Across Time and Space
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2016), 242 pp.
"Historical photographs taken in Latin America have now become key sites for memory politics, ethnographic imagination, and the negotiation of identity. This volume opens up a set of questions relating to the contemporaneous agency of images as well as their current appropriation via new technologie
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Surface Tension: Navigating Socially Engaged Documentary Photographic Practices
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue Special Issue (2015), pp. 79-95
"As Documentary Photographers increasingly introduce the collaborative and participatory methodologies common to socially engaged art practices into their projects (particularly those that are activist in nature, seeking to catalyse social change agendas and policies through image making and sharing
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The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Worl Press Photo Foundation (2015), 75 pp.
"The report is based on an online survey of professional photographers who entered the 2015 World Press Photo Contest. A total of 1,556 photographers from more than 100 countries and territories completed the questionnaire. Evidence from the questionnaire is summarised below. This is the first large
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The Practicalities of Informed Consent in Development Photography
Dhaka: Save the Children (2015), 16 pp.
"Every photography subject deserves to be treated as an autonomous human being, capable of making independent decisions. In case of children, we also need to ensure their parents’ consent. We need to be constantly aware of our position in the power hierarchy — in the development world, in many c
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100 ejercicios de fotografía
Blog del Fotógrafo (2015), 116 pp.
When the Camera Exposes the Rifle. Special Report: Violations Against Photojournalists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Ramallah: Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) (2015), 13 pp.
"The three photos of the drowned Syrian refugee kid Aylan Kurdi, the Palestinian kid Mohammad Al-Dorra (during the second Intifada) and the Vietnamese Napalm girl Phan Th. Kim Phúc, caused enormous influence, not only among millions of people but also on decision makers. Therefore, photojournalists
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Guía de seguridad para periodistas visuales
Key Guides
Article 19; World Press Photo (2015), 108 pp.
"Esta guía pretende proveer los elementos necesarios para establecer un protocolo de seguridad en una diversidad de contextos; así como recomendaciones prácticas para hacer frente a diversas situaciones. La guía está enfocada en todos los periodistas visuales, en particular aquellos que trabaja
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Whose Pictures Are These? Re-Framing the Promise of Participatory Photography
London: University of London, Goldsmiths, Doctoral Thesis (2015), 259 pp.
"Participatory photography initiatives promise to ‘empower’, ‘give voice’ and ‘enable social change’ for marginalised communities through photography. This thesis questions this promise, demonstrating participatory photography to be a contested practice defined as much by inherent tensio
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"A Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child": Humanitarian Photography and NGO Media Strategies in Historical Perspective
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 97, issue 900 (2015), pp. 1121-1155
"This article is a historical examination of the use of photography in the informational and fundraising strategies of humanitarian organizations. Drawing on archival research and recent scholarship, it shows that the figure of the dead or suffering child has been a centrepiece of humanitarian campa
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Participatory Photography for Peace: Using Images to Open Up Dialogue After Violence
Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, volume 10, issue 3 (2015), pp. 74-88
"This article begins with a literature review of Participatory Photography (PP) that highlights how this tool has been mostly implemented for action research, advocacy, and public health purposes. It shows how scholars have only quite recently begun to recognise its ability to generate change among
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Untold Stories: The Socio-Cultural Life of Images in Qajar Era Iran
Wien; Berlin: Lit (2015), 149 pp.
"Wegsehen darf man nicht - aber auch nicht alles zeigen": Bildethik aus Sicht des katholischen Hilfswerks Adveniat. Ein Gespräch mit Nicola von Bonn
Communicatio Socialis, volume 47, issue 4 (2014), pp. 438-447
"Natürlich ist Grundlage unserer Arbeit auch der Pressekodex. Darüber hinaus haben wir überlegt, was ist das Besondere von uns als katholisches Lateinamerika-Hilfswerk, als „Adveniat“. Wie spielt das mit rein in unsere Bildethik, unsere Ethik in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, die Ethik unserer B
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The Integrity of the Image: Current Practices and Accepted Standards Relating to the Manipulation of Still Images in Photojournalism and Documentaty Photography
World Press Photo Academy (2014), 20 pp.
"The research is based on a survey of 45 industry professionals from 15 countries [...] The principal finding is that there is a de facto global consensus on how media organizations understand the manipulation ofimages. Manipulation is seen as involving material changes to an image through the addit
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Social Photography: Make All Your Smartphone Photos One in a Billion
Lewes, East Sussex: Ilex (2014), 159 pp.
"Social Photography will show you how to create photos that will be clicked on, liked, shared, and maybe even go viral. A must for anyone who takes their online profile seriously, it will show you how to give your photos a fresh look, it will give you hundreds of posing and shooting ideas, and it wi
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Wer erzählt? Fotografie und Macht
iz3w, issue 343 (2014), pp. 16-40
"Im Kontext einer nord-süd-politisch relevanten Information interessiert besonders die Frage der Repräsentation, der Klischeebildung, der Ermächtigung. Ein Foto kann empathisch aufmerksam machen oder zur Schau stellen, aber auch Nähe erzeugen, berühren. Nicht immer folgt auf eine gute Absicht e
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