This is part three of a three-part series on UNICEF photography workshops for kids.
A camera can be a key to the future.
For the children who have participated in UNICEF’s photography workshops, the act of taking pictures not only empowers them to tell their own stories
This is part two of a three part series on UNICEF photography workshops for kids.
Kids in the developing world and in crisis situations are no strangers to cameras. Often, as they’re lined up for water or navigating the debris of war, there are photojournalists on hand to document their plight. The images that result, though captured with the best of intentions, often emphasize the great gap between the children pictured and us, the viewers.
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Nov14
The healing power of the lensWorking in the Communications Department of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, I often get intimate glimpses of people’s lives all over the world. Part of my work entails researching photos of children and their families, many who live in developing countries and suffer from poverty, disease, disaster and other ills. The images range from the horrible to the hopeful: a child succumbing quietly to fatal malnutrition, preschoolers in rapt attention as a teacher explains how to spot landmines, mothers in colorful wraps with rosy infants waiting for lifesaving vaccines. Even among these powerful images, a few stand out as extraordinary. These are pictures not just of children, but by them.
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