“Photo-activism”

"Two things I wanted to do. I wanted to point out the things that had to be

corrected. I wanted to show the things that must be appreciated."

– Lewis Hine

Lewis Hine (1874 – 1940)

- American sociologist and photographer- One of the many first that used their camera as a tool for social reform- His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.

Lewis Hine

Луис Викс Хајн Lewis Hine

Луис Викс Хајн Lewis Hine

Луис Викс Хајн Lewis Hine

Why is the camera the perfect tool for social activism?

• Saves moments forever.

• As much as important: the way camera is used

• Difference in capacity: photography in online vs offline media. 3 or 300 perspectives?

• Great tip!: Share photos as soon as possible

• The Slavoj Žižek theory on the power of photography:

„We know the stories. But, do we really understand their weight before we see the photos?“

“Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”

By Joe Rosenthal

“Sudanese child with a vulture”

By Kevin Carter

Lynching, 1930, Marion, Indiana

Elizabeth Eckford, going to school in 1957

“The Falling Soldier “ by Robert Capa

The self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức

#protestiram

06.06.2011

Martin Neshkoski, 22 year old, killed by a police man.

The protest lasted for days.

Some of the media claimed there were only 300 hundred demonstrating, while the photos would chose differently.

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

Фотографија: Ванчо Џамбаски

Photo by Vancho Djambaski

“Congratulations оn your victory! She breathes not, moves not, I sang loudly to wake her up,

Closed eyes will never open again. Now she’s just a stain in the street... Step on her

and remember... This country devours its children.”

Bernays Propaganda

#protestiram

„Black Monday“

24.12.2012

The opposition was thrown out from the Parliament.

„My home is...“

Reuters: Photos of the year 2013

An injured woman cries for help after gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi September 21, 2013.

The dead body of a woman who was killed with three gunshots is seen at a crime scene in San Pedro Sula March 21, 2013.

Nelson Tavares, 24, originally from Cape Verde, works on a graffiti of Nelson Mandela which he painted during festivities in his neighborhood in Lisbon June 20, 2013. Tavares works at a printing company where he charges

the Portuguese minimum wage of 485 Euros.

A woman is rescued from flood waters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in Chalandri suburb north of Athens February 22, 2013.

Bratislav Stojanovic, a homeless man, in a tomb where he lives in southern Serbian town of Nis. February 9, 2013. Stojanovic, 43, a Nis-born construction worker never had a regular job. He first lived in abandoned houses,

but about 15 years ago he settled in the old city cemetery.

“Two nuns wait sitting in a fast food restaurant in downtown Guatemala City…”

Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan's only female war-ready fighter pilot, she is one of 19 women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air Force over the last decade. A growing number of women have joined

Pakistan's defense forces in recent years as attitudes towards women change.

President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, 2013.

Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 11, 2013.

Diego Miralles gets gored by a bull on Estafeta Street during the sixth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 12, 2013.

Patrons watch coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act at the Stonewall Inn in New York June 26, 2013.

Members of the North Florida Survival Group wait with their rifles before heading out to perform enemy contact drills during a field training exercise in Old Town, Florida,

December 8, 2012. The group trains children and adults alike to handle weapons and survive in the wild.

A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas as people protest against the destruction of trees in a park brought about by a pedestrian project, in Taksim Square in central Istanbul May 28, 2013.

Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan

Belgian riot police are covered with foam sprayed by Belgian firefighters during a protest for better work conditions in central Brussels October 7, 2013.

Protesters flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes after protesters removed a concrete barrier near Tahrir Square in Cairo January 24, 2013.

Wolf researcher Werner Freund bites into a deer cadaver next to a Mongolian wolf in an enclosure at Wolfspark Werner Freund, in Merzig in the German province of Saarland, January 24, 2013.

A woman carries home a washing machine in Dali, Yunnan province July 30, 2013.

A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region, in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus August 21, 2013.

An excavator moves villagers away from a flooded area during heavy rainfall in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, July 10, 2013.

Issa, 10 years old, carries a mortar shell in a weapons factory of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, September 7, 2013. Issa works with his father in the factory for ten hours every day except on

Fridays.

Young Palestinian groom Ahmed Soboh, 15 and his bride Tala, 14, stand inside Tala's house which was damaged during an Israeli strike in 2009, during their wedding party in the town of Beit Lahiya,

near the border between Israeli and northern Gaza Strip September 24, 2013.

Areas where camera can be used as a tool for civic activism:

• Exploatation of children• Life’s of minorities • Environment and ecology• Animal abuse•Conditions of schools •Anything else you can think of…

•Reuters photos of the year 2014