Mindshifting images, stories
The photographer Kristen Ashburn, whose unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa made a powerful impact at TED a couple years back, has just opened her first public exhibition in New York.
It's stunning.
For a taste, take a few minutes to watch this. Better yet, check it out in person at 401 West Street sometime this month. The images are backlit, and are supplemented by a series of striking full-face portraits that line the corridor as you walk in.
On Tuesday night I'm hosting a salon there. Details follow. If this issue stirs you, please come. It's not all doom and gloom. Many powerful initiatives are having an impact. It's an evil that can be defeated. But it all starts with insight and motivation. That's why these pictures matter.
401 Projects presents:
AIDS & PHOTOGRAPHY
WHAT MORE CAN PICTURES DO?
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION with
Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize Winner & Author
Maryanne Golon, Photo Editor, Time Magazine
Leigh Blake, President and Founder, Keep A Child Alive
Since AIDS first exploded into the public consciousness twenty-five years ago, photography has offered the world its most visceral glimpse of the disease's human toll. Have viewers been moved to action or developed an immunity to the tragedy the images depict? How can photographers, and the media alike, navigate their way between impact and overload? Set to the backdrop of Kristen Ashburn's, Bloodline: AIDS & Family exhibition, these issues, and more, will be discussed.
Chris Anderson of the TED Conference will moderate the evening.
7:30 PM Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Space is limited, please RSVP to:
events@401projects.com
401 Projects
401 West Street @ Charles Street, New York
www.bloodlineproject.com
This is another one of those sites that fails to properly recognize when the (Firefox 2.0) browser has Flash installed.
Designers should leave Flash detection up to the browser. It is very annoying to be falsely told I don't have Flash when I do, and to be blocked for no good reason from viewing the content.
Posted by: Stephen Downes | 04 December 2006 at 06:23 AM
Hi,Kirsten,this is Raj from India.It's you peoples who helps us to make a visual contact with the tragedy that came into being more than 2 decades ago.It's those pictures that makes one feel how sorrowful life those peoples are spending.
Try to keep in touch.I'll be back next time.Thanks.
raj
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Posted by: raj | 07 December 2006 at 02:37 AM