Humanizing Development

Humanizing Development

Global Photography campaign

This Global Photography Campaign aims to show examples of people winning the battle against poverty, social exclusion and marginalization. It is intended to raise awareness of the successes in the development process. The campaign is intended to counterbalance the frequently shown images of desolation and despair. Everyone can and is strongly encouraged to participate in this global effort and contribute with a photograph.

The themes

This campaign will enable people to contribute photographs related to a wide array of development situations, such as:
• Overcoming poverty, social exclusion and marginalisation.
• Enlarging people's choices and supporting local development initiatives.
• Promoting self-esteem, confidence and hope.
• Building a brighter future and advancing human capacities.
• Fighting deprivation and expanding access to food, water, sanitation, education and health services for the poor.
• Eliminating gender inequalities in the labour market.
• Empowering women.
• Fighting discrimination, domestic violence, abuse and exploitation.
• Eliminating child labour and promoting decent work opportunities.
• Expanding access to education and improving its quality and social inclusiveness through innovative approaches.
• Innovative initiatives on local development, enhancing the participation of communities in decision processes.
• Enhancing women's potential and participation in development processes.
• Promoting women's leadership and equal opportunity to develop talents.
• Building democratic governance and developing institutions and processes that are more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens, including the poor. Alleviating exclusion, suffering, injustice and waste caused by corruption.
• Empowering citizens to combat the destructive influence of corruption, entrenched networks and abuse of power.

Who can participate?

Everyone can contribute with a photograph: professional and non-professional photographers, students, civil society activists, government officials, UN staff members and so forth.
The campaign will be open for participation from 1 June to 1 October 2009.

More info and the participation form at the following link: http://www.ipc-undp.org/photo/index.htm#howparticipate

e o idee grozava chestia asta cu a umaniza o fotografie, e de fapt ceea ce ar trebuii sa se faca in mod normal cu fiecare fotografie, dupa parerea mea, fiecare poza trebuie sa aibe o poveste, imaginea sa fie doar reprezentativa, doar ideea principala, iar cu cat e mai subtila, sa fie mai interesanta. iar aici sunt prezentante unele din cele mai controversate subiecte actuale ce e si mai tentant:)