Picturing Poverty - 100 cameras make the poor visible
Instead of explaining the desperate plight of the homeless at the Society of St. Vincent DePaul (Australia) 2008 appeal launch last week, the society gave disposable cameras to 100 marginalised people in New South Wales and asked them to take a snapshot of their life.
Excerpt from the Cooma Express website…
The stark images of poverty have been used on television promotions on posters that adorn the Cooma’s Vinnies Store.
Store manager Suzanne Broder said the images, which include ones of mattresses strewn on the concrete floor of a dark ally and of homes in disarray, provide a ‘reality check’ for the wider community.
“I’ve had people who have come in aghast at the ads on television for the appeal.
“I think it’s more shocking to them because of the real people featured in the ads,” she said.
The ads appear to have already motivated people to give to the winter appeal.
Tags: Advocacy, Anti-poverty strategies
The link in the post leads to a page that does not exist or the access is broken. Here is the direct link to the quoted article: Thank you, Toma, From New South Wales to Perth. A Perth newspaper has picked up on this story. “While many of the photographs are stark and sometimes disturbing, others hint of the strong friendships among people struggling to survive on the streets.” http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=76773 A friend has just drawn my attention to the photo gallery as it appears on the site of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The photos are indeed stark.4 Comments
http://cooma.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/vinnies-graphic-campaign-hits-home/781892.aspx
I have corrected the link.
The link in the post leads to a page that does not exist or the access is broken. Here is the direct link to the quoted article:
http://cooma.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/vinnies-graphic-campaign-hits-home/781892.aspx
Thank you, Toma,
I have corrected the link.
From New South Wales to Perth.
A Perth newspaper has picked up on this story.
“While many of the photographs are stark and sometimes disturbing, others hint of the strong friendships among people struggling to survive on the streets.”
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=76773
A friend has just drawn my attention to the photo gallery as it appears on the site of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The photos are indeed stark.
http://www.vinnies.org.au/gallery/index.html