Insider, Outsider? - Majority World
© Farzana Hossen
‘Insider, Outsider?’ was Majority World’s first UK exhibition featuring 17 photographers from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East sharing critical, thoughtful and intimate stories close to home. The exhibition was sponsored by The Guardian, curated by Marcia Chandra (Majority World Photo Editor), and hosted in The Guardian Gallery from July 3-22, 2012.
Local photographers have an insider perspective that is unique, reflecting on and revealing previously untold stories around them. Their privileged access enables them to develop an intimate understanding of their subjects and theme. Using photography as a powerful communication tool, they enable us to see something differently, or see something we haven’t seen before.
However, whilst ‘insiders’ locally, many photographers from the developing world are ‘outsiders’ on the global image market, remaining under represented as storytellers about their own countries. Majority World Photo Agency supports these photographers by making their work visible, and by enabling them to earn money by selling globally. In so doing it also contributes to a greater diversity of voices and viewpoints describing the developing world.
Majority World Photo Agency is an innovative social enterprise that works with talented photographers from the developing world. We specialise in high quality imagery that provides unique insights into local cultures, development issues, environments and contemporary lifestyles in these diverse continents. We also work with clients to commission assignments with our experienced photographers who understand the language, the culture, and the locality because it is their own. www.majorityworld.com
Local photographers have an insider perspective that is unique, reflecting on and revealing previously untold stories around them. Their privileged access enables them to develop an intimate understanding of their subjects and theme. Using photography as a powerful communication tool, they enable us to see something differently, or see something we haven’t seen before.
However, whilst ‘insiders’ locally, many photographers from the developing world are ‘outsiders’ on the global image market, remaining under represented as storytellers about their own countries. Majority World Photo Agency supports these photographers by making their work visible, and by enabling them to earn money by selling globally. In so doing it also contributes to a greater diversity of voices and viewpoints describing the developing world.
Majority World Photo Agency is an innovative social enterprise that works with talented photographers from the developing world. We specialise in high quality imagery that provides unique insights into local cultures, development issues, environments and contemporary lifestyles in these diverse continents. We also work with clients to commission assignments with our experienced photographers who understand the language, the culture, and the locality because it is their own. www.majorityworld.com
photo © Farzana Hossen
Behind the Darkness: Lipi is pulling down dry laundry from the roof of her house. Lipi became blind from severe Typhoid when she was 1.5 years old. She can understand the difference between light and darkness in daylight, but she can’t understand color. Still, her favourite color is red and yellow, and her favourite flower is jasmine.
Behind the Darkness: Lipi is pulling down dry laundry from the roof of her house. Lipi became blind from severe Typhoid when she was 1.5 years old. She can understand the difference between light and darkness in daylight, but she can’t understand color. Still, her favourite color is red and yellow, and her favourite flower is jasmine.
