UNICEF Photo of the Year 2010.
Written by duckrabbitCongratulations goes to Ed Kashi.
Here is the link. The website says it all and it is very, very cool that one of the shooters who really really knows his subject matter in exhaustive detail gets the honour of winning the prize.
Well done Ed!
(p.s Thanks to UNICEF for continuing to support photography too!)
Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (7 Comments)
One frighteningly beautiful photograph of the hell we continue to inflict globally.
And it has been replicated in Iraq this century with US radioactive tank munitions. We love to listen to ourselves talk loftily of our ideals of democracy and freedom. But this is our true legacy… this is why they hate us so.
Congratulations and thanks Ed Kashi for highlighting this near-forgotten history. Agent Orange was produced by Dow Chemical and Monsanto.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Chemical_Company
Today Dow supplies “innovative products” to help “floral industries maintain and deliver fruits, vegetables and flowers with just-harvested freshness and high quality.”
On their Sustainability – Product Responsibility page: “Chemical products provide many benefits to society, but they must be managed in a responsible way to minimize any adverse effects on humans and the environment” http://www.dow.com/commitments/prod_res.htm
No kidding.
Dow Chemical of course bought out Union Carbide, the company responsible for this:-
http://www.bhopal.org/
Amazing isn’t it!
Iamnot: Wow, isn’t scary that they make fertilizers for our veg too?
Stan B: These corporations don’t care who they supply – all wars are just business to them.
To be honest Sojournposse, I do not mind what they make if it has been rigorously tested, scrutinised and provides a social benefit without too much cost. Nothing is perfect and it is hard to judge how complex balances can be made to work effectively as I am no scientist.
The population of the world is getting bigger and the green issue is fast becoming a middle class sport because lets face it, most families around the world just need to feed their kids as cheaply as possible.
I am sure that there are some departments/scientists in Dow Chemical that are doing some great stuff but they have some serious corporate culture issues: Their brand is toxic for want of a better word and they should be doing much more to literally clean themselves up. That is just my take on it though…
It is quite right that photojournalists should be part of leading the debate so thanks for the contribution!
We here at the International Center of Photography are very PROUD to see this award for a story as important as this one. And by one of my BEST photographers, Ed Kashi.
I think he is one of today’s hardest working photographers. Much respect, Joseph Rodriguez
Indeed. Mucho respect to Ed, he’s the real deal.