The residents of communities in Ghana live half of their lives in the dark, without electricity, from the time the sun sets at 6pm and rises at 6 am. “Life Without Lights” began as a brief story idea for DiCAmpo while he was living & volunteering in rural Ghana. During that time DiCampo says, “I realized how deeply the lack of electricity affected the lives of my neighbors. It impeded their progress in the sectors of health, education, development, agriculture, gender equality and the list goes on.”
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Peter DiCampo’s iPhone Photos of Africa
Picturing Everyday Life in Africa
Too often the subjects of images of Africa seem to be reduced to symbols — viewers do not encounter them as fully rounded human beings, rarely seeing journalistic images of the middle class, artists or the cultural heritage of African countries. Peter DiC
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/picturing-everyday-life-in-africa/
I realized that I had to keep doing it, because there’s a constant barrage of imagery of misery, despair and hopelessness, and more than any of those things — helplessness, the idea that Africans need to be saved
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TIME Exclusive: Magnum Emergency Fund Announces 2015 Grantees | TIME
Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund 2015 Grants Announced
The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund today announces, exclusively through TIME LightBox, the winners of its 2015 grants
via Time: http://time.com/3672263/time-exclusive-magnum-emergency-fund-announces-2015-grantees/
This year’s selection of awardees are Massimo Berruti, Matt Black, Peter DiCampo, Emine Gozde Sevim, Curran Hatleberg, Guy Martin, Pete Muller, Elena Perlino, Nii Obodai Provencal, Asim Rafiqui and Peter van Agtmael
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Founders of Everyday Feeds Launch @EverydayEverywhere, “Family of Man for the Modern Age”
Founders of Everyday Feeds Launch @EverydayEverywhere, “Family of Man for the Modern Age” | PDNPulse
Two years after photographer Peter DiCampo and writer Austin Merrill launched Everyday Africa to share images that defy stereotypes about the continent, the popular Instagram feed has spawned multiple imitations, including Everyday Asia, Everyday Middle E
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/founders-everyday-feeds-launch-everydayeverywhere-family-man-modern-age.html
The central feed will share a common mission: To disseminate images that promote greater understanding of the world. “We hope that when you put this body of work together, it’s a ‘Family of Man’ in the modern age,” Peter DiCampo says, referring to the ambitious 1955 exhibition which featured 273 photographers, “celebrating commonalities, and fighting stereotypes in each region.”