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Written by duckrabbitI was in a small village in the hills of Nepal
to meet with the family of a student I taught English to 13 yrs ago.
He had been murdered by the army in 2005
for being a supporter of the Maoist insurgency.
I spent nearly five hours talking,
photographing and recording a video interview.
In that time we
smiled,
were in fits of giggles,
chatted,
and cried.
I thought about how the footage I shot and photos I took
would be edited by a human rights NGO or journalist?
Would the smiles and laughter stay?
After all the injustice remains unresolved –
no one has been prosecuted for their sons death –
so they couldn’t be included to show how much impact the NGO has
or to illustrate a happy ending.
Personally, I’ll keep the smiles
and laughter because
that is how it was.
Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (3 Comments)
You may have heard of National Geographic magazine? Just one example of a photojournalism outlet that would most definitely show “how it was.”
National Geogrpahic Magazine, great travel photography.
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