Online workshop: The Ethics of Picturing Tragedy and Trauma

February 26 and May 17, 2024

EventsPhotography Ethics Centre16 February 2024dignity, trauma, photography, ethics, aid, humanitarian

Charity Representations of Distant Others

This report interrogates the question: What characters and subject matters are depicted in charity advertising campaigns supporting international causes in UK national newspapers?

ReportsDavid Girling and Deborah Adesina1 February 2024University of East Angliaphotography, ngo, aid, storytelling, resource, humanitarian

Who owns the story?

Fundraising appeals led by the people they intend to help can raise more money and be more effective than those created by the charity itself – according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of the Arts London (UAL).

ReportsJess Crombie and David Girling18 March 2022University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of the Arts London (UAL)dignity, photography, humanitarian, ngo, aid, storytelling, resource

The Dignified Storytelling Handbook

At the end of 2021, Dignified Storytelling released a handbook to promote storytelling practices that are grounded in the human right to dignity.

Press Coverage, Handbooks and GuidesDignified Storytelling17 February 2022dignity, photography, humanitarian, ngo, aid, digital learning, storytelling, resource

Informed Consent and How to Fix it

In this article we tackle some of the challenges of informed consent in development contexts.

Homepage, PEC ContentSavannah Dodd13 June 2019photography, ethics, consent, development, informed consent, aid, respect, ngo, humanitarian Comment

The People in the Pictures: Vital perspectives on Save the Children’s image making

Save the Children conducted a four-country (UK, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Niger) research project to listen to and learn from those who contribute their images and stories (contributors), as well as members of their communities and Save the Children staff.

ReportsJess Crombie and Siobhan Warrington1 January 2018Save the Childrenchildren, photography, humanitarian, aid, fundraising, ethics, consent, informed consent, dignity