Photography and new media for
change Sanjana Hattotuwa TED Fellow

Painted revolutions Capturing revolutions of
yesteryear

Delacroix
French revolution

'Assault on the Tuileries' French
revolution

American revolution Washington Crossing the
Delaware

Peninsular War
Spain, 1808

Shooting revolutions
Capturing revolutions today

Egypt
January 2011

Tunisia
January 2011

Libya
August 2011

Syria
June 2011

Iran
June 2009

What’s changed?

Democratisation of skill
Hard
Easy

Economy of time
Long
Quick

A wider public Rich, few,
local Free, many, global

More produced Hundreds a minute,
immediately Few a year, after years

Citizen produced Amateur, many, ubiquitous
Professional, few, expensive

Better produced Boulevard du Temple,
Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, 1839

Finer resolution

A dying camera? Getty Images
photographer Chris Hondros was one of two Western photographers killed in Libya

Amateur cameras Mobile phones in
Syria

“The best camera is the
One That’s with You. Images aren’t about dynamic ranges and megapixels. They’re about stories and moments.” ~ Chase Jarvis

Mobile witnesses & mobiles witness
http://www.18daysinegypt.com

Camera optional?
Photography via mobiles

How popular? Mobile phones or
digital cameras on Flickr?

Apple’s iPhone

Apple’s iPhone

Evolution of a camera 2007
2011

1,000 words in a click
means...

Changing the discourse
Questioning propaganda

Bearing witness
http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl

Documenting dissent
http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl

Reframing the ordinary
http://www.movingimages.asia

Hidden people
http://www.movingimages.asia

Civic education
http://groundviews.org/2010/05/29/the-big-stink-in-sri-lanka

Communicating poverty
http://www.womenandmedia.net/options/?p=395

Public in public JR’s activist
photography

Public in public JR’s activist
photography

Public on public JR’s activist
photography

Turning the world inside out
http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html

Real time engagement #OccupyColombo @
6.17pm 100% of 99% missing. Who actually came? Comprehensive #fail Only walkers and joggers here #lka pic.twitter.com/AJEjTQEI

Facebook the new Flickr?

Facebook the new Flickr? On
average, over 250 million photos are uploaded a day, or over 6 billion per month. There are over 90 billion photos total on Facebook. 47 years to go through, one second per photo. By far, the largest photos site on the Internet.

Post PC world Tablets and
mobiles are driving creation and consumption

Consumption increase
500px iPad app

Consumption increase
Guardian iPad app

Converging devices Point & shoot
vs. mobiles (iPhone 4S)

http://grassrootsmapping.org

New ways of seeing Microsoft
Photosynth

It’s not the tech

YOU matter
Groundviews iPhone app

Thank you
sanjanah@gmail.com

Photo sources & credits •
Slide 1,Vikalpa, http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl • Slide 2, Image from Martha Marshall, http://artistsjournal.wordpress.com/ 2009/08/28/wet-paint/ • Slide 3, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Liberty_Leading_the_People • Slide 4, Image from http://cultureandstuff.com/2011/08/13/marie- antoinette-on-trial-your-cut-out-and-keep-guide-to-reading-the-trial- part-1/ • Slide 5, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Washington's_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River • Slide 6, Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War • Slide 7, Image from http://www.createandshare.net/tag/spanish-revolution

Photo sources & credits •
Slide 8, Image from http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/48631/egyptian- activists-kiss-soldiers-and-riot-police-strike-blows-against-tyrants- everywhere/. See commentary here http://www.theatlantic.com/ international/archive/2011/01/egypt-why-the-kiss-picture-is-so-radical/ 70518/ • Slide 9, Image from http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2011/01/women-in- tunisias-revolution/ • Slide 10, Image from http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/17/ live-blog-libya • Slide 11, Image from http://www.acento.com.do/index.php/news/8157/56/ Una-multitud-de-indignados-protestaron-en-un-millar-de-ciudades-por- todo-el-mundo.html • Slide 12, Image from http://vorige.nrc.nl/article2277072.ece

Photo sources & credits •
Slide 21, Image from http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/ 2011/04/21/6503987-in-memory-of-photojournalist-chris-hondros • Slide 22, image from http://www.projectuprising.org/ • Slide 23, image from http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jun/06/social- media-documentary-makers • Slide 26, image from http://panamoz.com/index.php/catalog/product/ gallery/image/2923/id/1193/ • Slide 27, image from http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/gallery/item/ Nokia_E521.php • Slide 30, image from http://www.cultofmac.com/125823/iphone-4s- outshines-many-high-end-compact-cameras-says-camera-creator/ iphone_camera_improvements-728-75/

Photo sources & credits •
Slide 32, image from http://groundviews.org/2009/08/15/first-images-the- flooding-in-menik-camp-and-the-increasingly-dire-situation-for-idps/ • Slide 33, image from http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl • Slide 34, image from http://www.flickr.com/vikalpasl • Slide 35, image from http://www.movingimages.asia • Slide 36, image from http://www.movingimages.asia • Slide 37, image from http://groundviews.org/2010/05/29/the-big-stink-in- sri-lanka • Slide 38, image from http://www.womenandmedia.net/options/?p=395

Photo sources & credits •
Slide 43, image from http://twitter.com/#!/groundviews/status/ 129903570228232193/photo/1 • Slide 46, image from http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/05/05/remember- the-milk-releases-intuitive-yet-powerful-ipad-app/ • Slide 50, image courtesy Apple, http://www.apple.com/iphone/built-in- apps/camera.html • Slide 55, image from http://walyou.com/president-barack-obama- newspaper-headlines-collage/