Tag Archives: visual peacemaking

‘Visual Peacemaking’ by Camille Bromley

Posted on 28 June, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Regular readers of these pages will recall that a couple of months ago, journalist Camille Bromley interviewed me on being a humanitarian and CSR photographer. On 18th June, the first of two resulting pieces was published by Catalysta. You’ll find the article …

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The story behind the image

Posted on 27 June, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Journalist Camille Bromley recently contacted me again (see my earlier interview with her), as she was interested in learning the story behind the scenes one of my images. Which image was up to me. She just wanted to know a little …

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Always get a model release

Posted on 24 May, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

  Meet Pughazhenthi. He’s really special. Born without arms, he is nevertheless an artist. A ‘toe painter’, to be precise, though his talented feet create beautiful handicrafts as well. He’s also stood first in India’s Tamil Nadu State swimming competition …

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Being a humanitarian and CSR photographer: an interview

Posted on 22 April, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Camille Bromley for an article she’s researching on humanitarian and CSR photographers. She’s kindly given me permission to reproduce my answers in full here.   1. How would you describe exactly what …

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Guest blog for the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP)

Posted on 21 February, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

I recently wrote a guest blog post for an organisation I’m a proud member of, the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP). Its title was ‘Reflections on following one’s passion: My first 15 months in humanitarian photography’. You can either read …

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Humanitarian Photography Update and my ‘Moments’ of October

Posted on 8 November, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  I’m writing to you from Dakar, capital of the West African nation of Senegal (which you can see pinpointed on the little map to the right). It’s the holiday of Tabaski (known elsewhere in the Muslim world as Eid …

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Breaking Stereotypes of Africa through Photography

Posted on 26 October, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  Hi folks! Just a quick update today to draw your attention to a guest blog entry I wrote for See Africa Differently, an initiative of Comic Relief that, in its own words, “presents Africa positively, without ignoring her challenges”. …

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Egypt’s Next Generation

Posted on 26 June, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  The images in the photo essay I published today are drawn from my first couple of months in Cairo. While some of the photographs were taken as part of my project on the hopes and visions of Egyptians post-revolution, …

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Egypt’s Next Generation

Posted on 26 June, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

Encounters with children and young people from across Cairo.

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Book review for “Broken Mirrors – The ‘Dowry Problem’ in India”

Posted on 20 June, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  Today, I was delighted to find an e-mail from my publishers, Sage Publications, in my inbox. They do not always delight me, but what was attached was certainly uplifting: a scan of a page from Tuesday 14th June’s edition …

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Looking to the Future: Cairo’s low paid

Posted on 15 June, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  On 1st June 2011, Egypt’s Finance Minister Samir Radwan announced that the minimum wage will be increased by 75% to E£700 (US$117 / £72) per month; between 1984 and November 2010, it had remained unchanged at just E£36 (US$6 …

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Looking to the Future: Cairo’s low paid

Posted on 15 June, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

Nourishment, education and dignity: conversations with nine Cairenes from low wage occupations.

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I made a little friend the other day…

Posted on 17 May, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  I recently moved into a flat in Maadi in Cairo, where I plan to stay for at least the next few weeks while I work on my current project on hope and vision in Egypt (more to be revealed …

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Cairo’s graffiti painting revolutionaries

Posted on 22 April, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

  If it were not for the combined forces of Egypt’s youth and social media, how far would this country’s revolution have got? Much has been made of the ‘Facebook and Twitter revolution’ (just a quick hashtag search for ‘Tahrir’ …

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Time to spring into action!

Posted on 30 March, 2011 by Robin Wyatt

In the UK, spring has arrived. Suddenly, everywhere I look there are vibrant yellow daffodils. Not only outside, but also indoors in vases, bringing a splash of seasonal colour to our work and living spaces. Three days ago, the clocks …

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