From The Field: Part 1

Photography 4 Humanity

Source: United Nations

Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. Highlighting the most compelling human rights imagery – illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion in ways small and large, the images serve to inspire people to personally get involved and take a stand for human rights.

At the core of the Photography 4 Humanity initiative is a global call to action for amateur and professional photographers alike, to submit images for an annual competition where the top finalists each year have their photographs exhibited at the United Nations.

The exhibit is developed to highlight the top finalists of the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition and to inspire photographers to document the power of human rights around the world. It is created and organized by David Clark Cause (DCC) in collaboration and support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Fotografiska New York.

FEW PHOTOGRAPHS:

STAY HOME

Novocheboksarsk, Russia

In 2020, humanity has been forced to live in new conditions. Civilization is intensively engendering a new normality. (November, 2020) Photo/Yuri Pritisk

GENDER DISCRIMINATION

Tehran, Iran

HIGH HOPES

Mediterranean Sea

A group of rescuers try to save the victims of a shipwreck until the end. (November, 2020) Photo/Fabrizio Maffei

UNJUST

Dhaka, Bangladesh

A young man is hoping for some help, but the man inside the car is taking pictures without helping him. The photographer is trying to show that this type of behavior is injustice. (June, 2021) Photo/Mohammed Saiful Islam

ISOLATED AND CONNECTED

Jakarta, Indonesia

A health worker is having a video call with his family while using personal protective equipment in a break room. (January, 2021) Photo/Gerdie Hutomo

GOLDEN CHILD

Ghana

PROTEST HAS A WOMAN’S FACE

Minsk, Belarus

Belarus women resist attempts by the Police to detain them during the protest rally that was held on September 8, 2020, in support of opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova. (September, 2020) Photo/Yauhen Yerchak/EPA

HOMELESS

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

A mother holds her baby after a huge fire swept through the Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh. The UN has said that 15 people died and some 400 others are missing. 45,000 are displaced. (March, 2021) Photo/M. Yousuf Tushar

A NEW WORLD (NEW REALITY)

Lafia, Nigeria

A public school pupil wearing a covid face mask in her classroom. (July, 2021) Photo/Fatima Yusuf

[ The main pic with headline: The winner of 2021 Photography4Humanity prize is Indian photographer Apratim Pal, for his picture “A Thirsty Earth”, which captures both the environmental and human costs of the escalating climate crisis in West Bengal, India.]