Inspiration with a Humanitarian Side

In my preparations for my trip to Iraq in late January of 2010, I’ve been doing a lot of research on things like humanitarian photography, photojournalism, photo essays and other related topics. I’ve come across some pretty amazing sights. I thought I’d take this moment just to share with you three links that you might inspiring and motivational. I hope you enjoy these sites. The first selection of images is from a Spanish site called 20 Minutos.

http://www.20minutos.es

The other site is of a friend of mine, Matt Powell. Matt works for the Christian aide and relief organization Samaritan’s Purse. Matt is a great guy and a wonderful photographer.

Matt Powell

Then, I found Black Snapper, a site that gives, as they put it  “a daily dose of inspiring photography from around the world”.  Do yourself a favor and poke around this site.  They highlight a different photographer every day and have different theme weeks. It is way cool and a gold mine of great images.

http://www.theblacksnapper.com/

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  • Tim, great links, thanks. I know mediastorm.org, Brian Storm is a real advocate for multimedia work. vewd.org looks like a close second. Very impressive.
  • Unfortunately, info is pretty sketchy, even in Spanish, with texts little more in length than this: http://www.mdmuk.org.uk/events/luisvaltuenainte...


    And if you try to search for just about any of his images, well, they´re dwarfed by the contest´s results. This link contains one of the few images by him you´re likely to find http://actualidad.orange.es/fotos/periodistas-e... (and also, one of the few I´ve seen that got the date of death right).
  • I realized that 20minutos is not a stand alone site for photojournalism. But the gallery contains some amazing images. The story you relate is quite interesting and make the images even more poignant. Thanks
  • Just a minor correction.


    20minutos.es is not a " stand-alone site" in itself, it is the online version of a free, daily newspaper. That particular gallery (which they fail to mention what edition represents) is for the annual photojournalism contest put forth by Médecins du Monde.



    Luis Valtueña was a Spanish photojournalist that was gunned down in Rwanda among with two other volunteers (a fourth I believe, an American managed to survive loosing "only" a leg) on January 18, 1997. He was an avid mountain biker.
  • Tim
    Good stuff! I just completed a course through ppsop.net in documentary photography and found a niche I really enjoy: telling stories through pictures. Some other sites I've found useful include http://www.mediastorm.org, http://vewd.org, and http://www.socialdocumentary.net. Enjoy your trip!
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