The future, the purpose of my future?

Simon Sticker is ‘a freelance photographer and multimedia storyteller with a focus on world and humaitarian photography, based in Cologne, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark.’

Ok so who isn’t a photog with a focus on ‘humanitarian’ photography these days?  I get the feeling I’d even find that in my granny’s bio somewhere … come to think of it she’s probably a ‘multimedia storyteller too!’.

Infact we get sent pretty regularly stories from/about the developing world by photogs with this stuff in their bio’s which frankly aren’t good enough.  It’s a bit like me saying I’m a darts player. Sure after a few pints in the pub I’ve been known to play a game of strip darts with the local firecrew but just cause I hit the board one in three throws doesn’t make me a professional darts player.

But back to Simon.  He gets it.  He’s not just another bloke with a camera in the hand who’s done a few trips, bought a cheap website template and is calling himself a humanitarian multimedia shooter.  He’s learning his craft and I am excited about what he’s going to get up to in the next few years.

Check out The private life of Ancille Mukabisangwa.

Its painful to watch, and yeah some of the audio is a bit dodgy, but its raw and its real, its honest and its true.  It’s the sound of a journalist whose heart is reaching out and who wants to do the right thing. Respect.