Issue 403 of New Internationalist

Reader-owned global journalism

August 2007

Another view: photography from the Global South

South - from Africa, Asia or Latin America. Often they accompany news stories from these regions or calls for donations from aid agencies and charities. But how often are those pictures actually taken by people from the South? With the advent of the internet and digital photography it should be easier than ever for Southern photographers to represent their own reality. It isn't happening; the information flow is still - and probably increasingly - dominated by Western media and media-makers. In this month's issue of the New Internationalist photographer Shahidul Alam, founder of the award-winning Bangladeshi photo­agency Drik, explains why this is so.

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In this issue

  • The story of an extraordinary school, told by *Sameera Huque* and *Shahidul Alam*.
  • After 20 years of war, Northern Uganda could be on the verge of a deal to end the violence. But will it enable the region’s displaced and terrorized women and children to rebuild their lives? asks *Rebecca Wearn*.