handwriting – Photography as a Social Practice

Sara Terry & Mariam X

By Gemma-Rose Turnbull October 1, 2015 November 18, 2015 Articles, Projects

I met Mariam (not her real name), an ex-child soldier, in Sierra Leone in June 2007, early in my work on “Forgiveness and Conflict.” Because Mariam’s privacy needed to be protected for legal reasons, I needed to find a way to tell her story without showing her face. She had… Continue reading

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Prisons and photography: A conversation between San Quentin and Venezuela

By Gemma-Rose Turnbull April 21, 2015 April 21, 2015 Articles, Interviews

Nigel Poor, Helena Acosta and Violette Blue were introduced by email on the 22nd of January 2015 for the Open Engagement blog project, produced by Gemma-Rose Turnbull, and asked to speak to their shared interests for this blog. What follows is excerpts from their emailed conversations. Nigel Poor: Professor of… Continue reading