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Tahir Amin is a lawyer from the UK currently working with the Alternative Law Forum in Bangalore, India on intellectual property issues and its affect on the public domain. Following his departure from the corporate legal world he has been an activist in the U.K Stop the War Coalition, the International Solidarity Movement as an international peace activist/observer in the West Bank, Palestine and currently working on legal issues for the Affordable Medicine Treatment campaign in India.
Activism/protest or simply disseminating information for a cause can be done in many ways, though usually in the form of writing or actual physical protest. However, Tahir believes the power of visuals through photography are equally relevant forms of activism and protest, as images rarely fail to have at least some impact on the neutral observer. From images of the millions of people protesting in London, to the destruction and conflict in Palestine, to protests against patents and the right to medicine, the camera is not only able to tell a story, but it also acts as an instrument of awareness, protest and activism.
He is currently preparing to carry out photography projects around India, in particular, raising awareness about rural India's intersection of art and activism to empower local artists, a project for an NGO in Bombay working on placing homeless children in schools in order to raise funds, a look into the lives of refugees from Tibet living in one of the largest Tibetan settlements in India, as well as the Tsunami relief effort in the eyes of the dalits in Tamil Nadu. He is also planning to return to Palestine in the future.
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Only have a minute for comments, but you nailed this one, Tahir. Nice moment, expression, layers, etc. The dead space in the upper left bothers me a bit, but it’s one of your strongest shots so far.
Only have a minute for comments, but you nailed this one, Tahir. Nice moment, expression, layers, etc. The dead space in the upper left bothers me a bit, but it’s one of your strongest shots so far.
In my mind what is liberating in this image is that while it is constrained in a rectangular frame, I see at least three triangles. Anyone else get that? It’s a visually active (complex?) image (compared to the one of old hands or weary feet). The strong foreground with a contributing background makes this one a winner even though, yet again, we find the point of interest smack dab in the center of the frame. I’ll give it a 10 out of 10 because it engages me and holds my attention. Qualitatively, too, it is one of the best Tahir has submitted. The blacks are black and the whites are white and the gradations in between brings back memories of long nights in a Maine darkroom.
Tahir, work on submitting more information for the captions. Cut lines can make or break the publication of images in some venues. We need to know: who (what are their names), why (are these vagrants or visitors to the mosque), what (a special event?), where (we know this one) and when (again, is this some sort of a pilgrimage for these kids at a certain time of the year?) Captions or cutlines can be as long as two or three sentences. Do remember, though, that they aren’t meant to repeat what is obvious in the image (i.e. in this case, kids hanging out at the mosque) but to complement the image with pertinent information that your viewer can use to better understand the scenario.
In my mind what is liberating in this image is that while it is constrained in a rectangular frame, I see at least three triangles. Anyone else get that? It’s a visually active (complex?) image (compared to the one of old hands or weary feet). The strong foreground with a contributing background makes this one a winner even though, yet again, we find the point of interest smack dab in the center of the frame. I’ll give it a 10 out of 10 because it engages me and holds my attention. Qualitatively, too, it is one of the best Tahir has submitted. The blacks are black and the whites are white and the gradations in between brings back memories of long nights in a Maine darkroom.
Tahir, work on submitting more information for the captions. Cut lines can make or break the publication of images in some venues. We need to know: who (what are their names), why (are these vagrants or visitors to the mosque), what (a special event?), where (we know this one) and when (again, is this some sort of a pilgrimage for these kids at a certain time of the year?) Captions or cutlines can be as long as two or three sentences. Do remember, though, that they aren’t meant to repeat what is obvious in the image (i.e. in this case, kids hanging out at the mosque) but to complement the image with pertinent information that your viewer can use to better understand the scenario.
I love this photo so much. It captures the joy that children can have even while their circumstances may be one of daily survival.
Great work.
S.
I love this photo so much. It captures the joy that children can have even while their circumstances may be one of daily survival.
Great work.
S.