Oxfam America's photo of the week is a blog post by Chris Hufstader: Mining money funds new market in Ghana. Citizens are watching where oil and mining revenues go in Ghana — will the money fight poverty? This is one of the photographs from my recent trip to Ghana with Chris and the Oxfam America team.
The website One shared an Oxfam America blog post by Elizabeth Stevens, with photographs from my recent trip to Haiti:
Here's the link to the original blog post on the Oxfam America First Person Blog:
The Oxfam America Photo of the Week is one of the photos that I took recently in Haiti. It is accompanied with a blog post by Coco McCabe: In Haiti, a valley of hope. Today, more than 80 percent of the rice Haitians eat is imported. But through the efforts of 5,000 farmers in the lower valley, that could begin to change.
http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/2013/01/11/photo-of-the-week-in-haiti-a-valley-of-hope/
Some of my photographs from India and Nepal are featured in the Brooke News Magazine Winter 2012/13:
There is a new article on the Oxfam America First Person Blog, by Elizabeth Stevens, from our recent trip to Haiti: Haiti's women farmers: "We will rise again" - Small loans on fair terms alter the landscape of women’s lives
There is a new article by Elizabeth Stevens with photos and stories from our recent trip to Haiti. For Haiti's rice farmers, much depends on the free flow of water: In the rice-growing Artibonite Valley, Oxfam and partners are helping restore a lifeline: irrigation.
See the article on Oxfam America's First Person Blog:
Or you can view the re-post of it on the HaitianTruth.org website:
Or you can read the same article on the Before It's News Website:
A new blog post from Oxfam America (with photography from my recent trip to Ghana) talks about the need for Ghana’s next government to focus on completing the job of constructing a transparent and accountable system for managing the oil and gas sector.
On my recent trip to Haiti, working with Oxfam America, I spent time working on two assignments. The first assignment in Artibonite is detailed in my previous blog post. The second assignment was with Coco McCabe documenting communities a couple of hours out of Port-Au-Prince. We visited beneficiaries of livelihood programs put in place to assist the local community with establishing themselves in small business. We also visited sites which are a part of the WASH campaign, which has been working to improve the quality of water and decrease the spread of cholera. Here are a few photographs of the programs that we visited:
All photographs ©AnnaFawcus/Oxfam 2012
I recently spent a couple of weeks in November 2012 working on two photographic assignments with Oxfam America in Haiti. The first assignment was with Elizabeth Stevens in Artibonite, documenting rice farmers and many water based programs implemented by Oxfam America to enable the 'flow of water' and thus the success of farmers in the region. Here are a few photos of the rice harvest:
All photographs ©AnnaFawcus/Oxfam 2012
Here are a some links to more photos from this trip to Haiti in blog posts by Oxfam America journalist, Elizabeth Stevens:
http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/2013/01/02/haitis-women-farmers-we-will-rise-again/
http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/2012/12/28/easing-poverty-in-haiti-with-the-free-flow-of-water/
This recently published article by Chris Hufstader of Oxfam America tells one of the stories that I photographed earlier this year whilst I was in Ghana. The article talks about transparency of resource revenues in Ghana, so that citizens can see where their national wealth goes.
Many of my photographs are featured in a recently published book on informality by Global Fairness Initiative (GFI):
Informality Matters, by Global Fairness Initiative
Hurricane Sandy hit New York as I was about to fly to Ghana, delaying me in Manhattan for a few days before I managed to get out on a standby flight once the airports re-opened. Once I arrived in Accra, I met with the Oxfam America team, and we set off to the Western Region of Ghana. I was working with Chris Hufstader, documenting the flow of the money generated through mining and oil in the country and where it goes. The people of Ghana are asking their government to use the revenue from these natural resources to benefit all people in the country. Here are some photographs of the trip:
All photographs ©AnnaFawcus/Oxfam
For the stories behind these photos, visit the Oxfam America blog, where you will find posts by journalist, Chris Hufstader:
http://firstperson.oxfamamerica.org/2012/11/15/ghana-riding-transparency-roller-coaster/
When browsing the National Geographic Website today, I noticed that one of my photos (which I had submitted a couple of weeks ago) had been selected as one of the editors' favorite submissions to the National Geographic Photo Contest 2012. The photograph is called 'Abraham' and is part of the Barefoot in Ethiopia exhibition series of work, which was recently exhibited at the Hill Smith Gallery in Australia, where limited edition prints of the work were sold.
The 'Barefoot in Ethiopia' work documents the lifestyle of a village in the Afar region of Ethiopia, where I have spent several months with the Adelaide based NGO, Barefoot Initiative, who have been visiting the community and assisting them for the past 10 years.
'Abraham'
©Anna Fawcus
Last night was the launch party of the Leica S-System featuring Morgan Miller at the penthouse of Milk Studios. It was a great event, with the opportunity to have a look at the new Leica S system camera, up close. It was fantastic to have a look at the new S system, and see it's awesome capabilities. For more info on the new Leica S:
http://en.leica-camera.com/photography/s_system
For more info on Morgan Miller and his Leica S photography, check out the Leica blog:
For the facebook page and photos of the event:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151057582057735.426063.75684997734&type=3
Last night I went to the Milk Gallery opening of Marilyn Reinvented by Bert Stern. The opening night was busy, with hundreds of New Yorkers waiting in a long line to enter the bustling gallery. The collection of classic Marilyn Monroe photographs are beautifully 'reinvented' with some really striking and creative work, featuring glitter, paint and colorful stones. If you are in New York over the coming weeks, it is an exhibition that should not be missed.
Marilyn Reinvented by Bert Stern can be viewed in Milk Gallery starting October 23rd through November 6th.
http://milkmade.com/articles/1650-Marilyn-Reinvented-by-Bert-Stern
Last week I spent the week at the Magnum Photos office in New York City, in a photography workshop by Chien-Chi Chang. Needless to say, it was an incredible week. The opportunity to learn from such an amazing photographer as Chien-Chi was fantastic. It was also brilliant to meet and network with the other photographers participating in the workshop - each with their own unique style and personality. The week was long, with early starts and late finishes and days spent shooting photographs in the streets of New York, to evaluate back with the group and edit down at the office.
We had the chance to view some of the Magnum in Motion works by Chien-Chi Chang, along with some of his other photographs, and then ask questions as he talked about the details of various projects.
The workshop was brilliantly executed by Chien-Chi and the other Magnum staff involved in putting it all together.
Some of my photographs (including the cover photo from Kenya) have been published by the Brooke in their recent annual review:
Last night I went to the opening of a photographic exhibition by Pete Souza, the Chief Official White House Photographer for President Barack Obama and the Director of the White House photography office. The photographs are a vivid and expressive collection of color photographs which depict President Barack Obama in day to day life. If you have a chance to go and see it, it is well worth visiting. This New York exhibition is at the Leica Gallery on Broadway, from October 5th until November 10th 2012.
If you can't make it to the gallery, the White House's Flikr Photostream is worth a look.
Leica Gallery in New York is located at:
670 Broadway / Suite 500 New York, NY 10012 Tel.: +1 (212) 777-3051 Fax: +1 (212) 777-6960 E-Mail: leicaphoto@aol.com
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday 12.00 pm - 6.00 pm Saturday 12.00 pm - 5.00 pm
I recently received a new recommendation from The Brooke on LinkedIn for the work I have done for them over the past couple of years:
Anna goes the extra mile to deliver what the customer wants, takes great care to work to the brief, resulting in brilliant results, delivered on time. She is also lovely to work with!
The Brooke, October 1, 2012.
If you would like to see this recommendation, and others, please feel free to view my LinkedIn profile
I have spent the past few days giving a photographic training workshop in Luxor, Egypt where I have been working with ICO staff from the Brooke. In the training I covered the basics of photography, from camera settings through to composition, and story-telling. Whilst professional photography in the field is very important, there are a lot of very valuable story telling opportunities that happen day-to-day, and for NGO's around the world it is becoming more important to train their local staff to capture the work that is being done.
The Brooke is an international animal welfare organization committed to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys, mules and their owners. To read more about the work that they do, or to view some of the photographs I have taken with them in the past, check out their website.
