Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay

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This brilliant and insightful movie has just been made available on YouTube. For anyone that hasn’t seen it. From the United Nations of Photography announcement about making this available: ‘Bill was a great believer in the sharing of knowledge, experience and beliefs and we therefore felt it was appropriate to make our feature length documentary on his life available for …

Informing Contexts – Assignments

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All submitted, this morning. Mick Yates. 2018. Choeung Ek (The Killing Fields). The opening statement from my Critical Review: I am documenting the personal stories of people that we have known for twenty years, and who suffered during the Khmer Rouge Genocide of 1975-1979. This is a multi-faceted project, with activities that will go on past the MA. Photography, text, voice …