Comments on: Just another set of limb chopped Africans by a famous photographer http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2009/just-another-set-of-limb-chopped-africans-by-a-famous-photographer/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Benjamin http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2009/just-another-set-of-limb-chopped-africans-by-a-famous-photographer/#comment-130 Benjamin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:13 +0000 http://www.adevelopingstory.org/?p=1340#comment-130 Yeah. Maybe its just the way its presented on the BBC, maybe Nick actually recorded audio whilst he was out there. He's a talented documentary producer afterall. Or maybe IOM could only afford to pay for photos, which would be a shame. Yeah. Maybe its just the way its presented on the BBC, maybe Nick actually recorded audio whilst he was out there. He’s a talented documentary producer afterall. Or maybe IOM could only afford to pay for photos, which would be a shame.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.adevelopingstory.org/2009/just-another-set-of-limb-chopped-africans-by-a-famous-photographer/#comment-129 Daniel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:14:28 +0000 http://www.adevelopingstory.org/?p=1340#comment-129 My thoughts exactly, when I viewed the images I struggled to see the positive side of how this country has changed and is trying to grow (god i sound like a bloody stuck record these days, apologies) Nick is a damn good photographer, not having a go at his skills or ability, but I just feel like you could do a sweeping substitution between Sierra Leone and any other African country and I'd hedge a bet most wouldn't even know what country they are looking at. The one image showing the school kids and mentions a micropayment scheme, I'm a little confused, did they not receive the payment yet or have they? Where are the images showing ANYONE smiling? There is one positive image, possibly showing how Sierra Leone is changing and that is of Ibrahim and a book inside what could be a classroom. My thoughts exactly, when I viewed the images I struggled to see the positive side of how this country has changed and is trying to grow (god i sound like a bloody stuck record these days, apologies)

Nick is a damn good photographer, not having a go at his skills or ability, but I just feel like you could do a sweeping substitution between Sierra Leone and any other African country and I’d hedge a bet most wouldn’t even know what country they are looking at.

The one image showing the school kids and mentions a micropayment scheme, I’m a little confused, did they not receive the payment yet or have they? Where are the images showing ANYONE smiling?

There is one positive image, possibly showing how Sierra Leone is changing and that is of Ibrahim and a book inside what could be a classroom.

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