Open Photojournalism Education Network

Live Webinar Debate : "Aesthetics have no place in photographing famine" with David Campbell and Jon Levy, Thursday August 18th 17.00GMT

Event Details

Time: August 18, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm
Location: open-i webinar
Event Type: live, webinar/debate
Organized By: Jennifer Pollard
Latest Activity: Jul 22, 2012

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Event Description

On July 16th, David Campbell posted a blog article titled 'Famine Iconography as a Sign of Failure,' that resulted in a fierce twitter debate between himself and Jon Levy of Foto8 (the exchange can be viewed here). In this special Open-i event, we have offered David and Jon a public space to explore their arguments in full, each from their own professional perspectives (in more than 120 characters). As the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa continues, despite waning from the world's headlines, this is an opportunity for members of the photographic and NGO communities to think about issues of representation that have been deeply divisive for decades.

The webinar will take place at 6pm BST (5pm GMT) on Thursday August 18th.

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Comment by Glenn Lockitch on August 18, 2011 at 6:51pm: Hi for some reason i'm not able to get passed a msg on the screen that asks me to wait that it's loading. I've missed this webinar (first timer) but wondering how i get passed this problem for the future please?

Comment by Nuru Project on August 18, 2011 at 1:38pm: Stupid question: how do we actually watch it? Just return to this webpage?

Comment by Sam Spickett on August 12, 2011 at 11:03pm: Will it be podcastable?

Comment by Robert Godden on August 3, 2011 at 6:39pm: Would love to join the David Campbell / Jon Levy debate but will be in Hong Kong (GMT +8) - shame. Are you recording it?