vrijdag, oktober 03, 2008
Nachtwey's reportage over multiresistente tuberculose
Award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey revealed today the disease XDR-TB as the subject of his TED Prize wish. Nachtwey is premiering a slideshow that is the culmination of his wish to share an underreported worldwide story using news photography in the digital age. The story will be spread via an eight-page spread in TIME magazine, a gathering of global activists and leaders, and outdoor screenings around the world and across the Internet in an effort to raise awareness about the disease.
The TED Prize is awarded annually to three exceptional individuals who each receive $100,000 and granting of “One Wish to Change the World.” In raising awareness about XDR-TB, a virulent, mutated strain of traditional TB existent in 49 countries and responsible for more than 20,000 preventable deaths each year, Nachtwey comments, “Photographers go to the extreme edges of human experience to show people what's going on. They aim their pictures at your best instincts: generosity, a sense of right and wrong, the ability and the willingness to identify with others, the refusal to accept the unacceptable.”
Nachtwey’s slideshow will be screened in public spaces in cities around the world, including New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Seoul, Hong Kong, and London, on all 7 continents and across the internet starting on October 3, and continuing throughout the month.
Award Winning Photojournalist & 2007 TED Prize Winner, James Nachtwey, Unveils Wish Project to Combat Global Health Crisis Using Spectacular Photography in the Digital Era
WHO: James Nachtwey (TED Prize Winner and Critically Acclaimed Photojournalist), Paul Simon (Singer/Songwriter), Larry Brilliant (Executive Director, Google.org), Joanne Carter (Executive Director, RESULTS), Winstone Zulu (Global Activist), Marcos Espinal (Executive Secretary, World Health Organization)
WHAT: World premiere of celebrated photographer James Nachtwey’s TED Prize “Wish” project, a powerful photography slideshow, with guest speakers and outdoor screenings in Columbus Circle and 50 other cities around the world starting on October 3rd.
WHEN: October 3, 2008 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, New York City
Bekijk de foto's van James Nachtwey bij XDRTB.ORG. Het filmpje is ook te downloaden in groter formaat dan bij YouTube te zien is.
The TED Prize is awarded annually to three exceptional individuals who each receive $100,000 and granting of “One Wish to Change the World.” In raising awareness about XDR-TB, a virulent, mutated strain of traditional TB existent in 49 countries and responsible for more than 20,000 preventable deaths each year, Nachtwey comments, “Photographers go to the extreme edges of human experience to show people what's going on. They aim their pictures at your best instincts: generosity, a sense of right and wrong, the ability and the willingness to identify with others, the refusal to accept the unacceptable.”
Nachtwey’s slideshow will be screened in public spaces in cities around the world, including New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Seoul, Hong Kong, and London, on all 7 continents and across the internet starting on October 3, and continuing throughout the month.
Award Winning Photojournalist & 2007 TED Prize Winner, James Nachtwey, Unveils Wish Project to Combat Global Health Crisis Using Spectacular Photography in the Digital Era
WHO: James Nachtwey (TED Prize Winner and Critically Acclaimed Photojournalist), Paul Simon (Singer/Songwriter), Larry Brilliant (Executive Director, Google.org), Joanne Carter (Executive Director, RESULTS), Winstone Zulu (Global Activist), Marcos Espinal (Executive Secretary, World Health Organization)
WHAT: World premiere of celebrated photographer James Nachtwey’s TED Prize “Wish” project, a powerful photography slideshow, with guest speakers and outdoor screenings in Columbus Circle and 50 other cities around the world starting on October 3rd.
WHEN: October 3, 2008 at 6:30pm
WHERE: Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street, New York City
Bekijk de foto's van James Nachtwey bij XDRTB.ORG. Het filmpje is ook te downloaden in groter formaat dan bij YouTube te zien is.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 16:09
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