While being in Rio de Janeiro, I made my first audovisual photo essay about Natalia and her family. Natalie is 16 year old and live in the community of Nova Holanda in the favela of Maré. Her mother is in prison and her father is dead, so it is Natalie who has the responsibility for her six younger siblings. She finds her strenght in the boxing lessons she takes at the nearby ngo, Luta Pela Paz (Fight for Peace). The photo essay still needs some final touch, but here are some pictures to beging with.
Hello and welcome to this blog. I'm a Danish journalist located in Brooklyn, New York, where I study a MA in International Affairs at the New School. This blog is the first step in my attempt to find a symbiose between the two themes that has framed my last five years: journalism and studies/interest in human rights. I believe in media as a tool of social change; media created from the perspective of human rights. I don't believe in objectivity, not when it comes to media, possibly not when it comes to anything else. I believe in peace and passion, yes, photography, more yes. I believe in positive change, but I don't delude myself that I am the one bringing it. I don't think that either me or you should dictate, which way to go, but I think that we can find a road together.
I have no background in photography, only the mentioned passion. This is not enough in the long run, so on my third semester as a grad student, I'm taking an introduction course in photography. Whatever visuals come out of it I will post on this site.