Representing the Majority World

Representing the Majority World

After eight years work that included the Imaging Famine project, my PhD thesis, which examines the visual discourse of photojournalism and explores its role in constructing the imagined geography of Africa, is now available online. The thesis investigates how...
The Canon 5DMKII, Newspapers and China

The Canon 5DMKII, Newspapers and China

Any international visitor to a Chinese photography festival should come prepared with the best the camera market has to offer, as anything less will leave you feeling markedly underdressed. At the meeting of newspaper photographers in Dali this year it was the turn of...

Rethinking the Famine Story

Famine has been conventionally associated with Africa, and portrayed visually through stereotypes. As in recent media coverage of the crisis in East Africa, photographs of starving children with fly-blown faces, removed from their context, remain common. Dr D J Clark,...
Courses

Courses

World Press Photo Connected Learning This free stream course by World Press Photo offers tips from some of the best known photojournalists and multimedia producers in the world. It also has plenty of practical guidance and a chance to see other learners going through...