In May 2012 Globalnet21 and PhotoVoice are collaborating to present the PICS Festival, celebrating the role that photography can play in changing society for the better.
The one-day festival will take place in the Hub Westminster and will feature a photographic exhibition showcasing the output of a variety of projects by organisations and individuals that aim to bring about positive social change through photography, alongside a programme of talks, panel discussions and workshops (including Sensory Photography, Visual Literacy and captioning). The festival will feature examples of photojournalism, participatory photography, citizen journalism and sensory photography, among others.
For full details of workshops, talks and projects visit www.photovoice.org/pics, but make sure you sign up as an attendee on this MeetUp page to ensure your name is on the door.
PICS Festival is a collaboration between PhotoVoice and debate platform GlobalNet21.
GlobaNet21 has developed over four years to bring new audiences of people into discussions about 21st Century issues using social networks to make the initial contact. In this it has been very successful and gets good audiences for physical meetings and webinars, and has recently explored the use of podcasts and e-learning tools.
However, many marginalised and vulnerable people and groups have not always been connected to these discussions and debates and innovative ways need to be developed to reach out to them in an inclusive “public square”. This is one way we hope to do it.
This is another photo exhibition running now - showing plight of children and adults in places like India and Cambodia: http://www.ideastap.com/LiveEvents/Event/31e85adb-85a8-45...![]()
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I would love to be able to attend but I am on a day voulunteering for community building project!
Rory - I have a very different view from yours of the photos. I appreciated the wide range of sources of photos as well - from 'citizen' photography (what I guess you called 'amateur') to photos taken by blind people to photos taken by kids to photos taken to make a social message. Let's celebrate the diversity and the responses that they created. Let's encourage and build up rather than criticise.
Good luck on your creative endeavours, Brian
I agree with every word Brian, thank you for saying something. I was devastated at the unkind words yesterday... Yes, let's encourage and inspire and work together, not criticise unkindly. I think there were some breath taking photos and everyone I met was really inspirational. So honoured to belong to this meetup group and so humbled at all the amazing changes taking place through this meetup group and all associated with them. x
This sounds utterly amazing :) SO glad I found this.