From the photographer: documenting natural disasters

Photography Ethics and Why They Matter

In today’s world, 2.3 million photographs are taken every minute. Everyone has a camera in…

In a rapidly-changing media world, how do we avoid creating ‘poverty porn’?

Women in photojournalism

“Women have no business covering war,” declared a colleague of Ruth Fremson, during her first war assignment 20…

From the photographer: A trip down the Congo River

Negotiating Consent in Development Contexts

The issue of consent is key across the photographic community. But development photography, in particular, presents a unique set of challenges because of the complexity of the subject/photographer relationship.

From the photographer: Reporting back from South Sudan

- Karel Prinsloo, Arete’s photographer based in Johannesburg

I have been to South Sudan many times over the years — from the time it was still part of Sudan. The country is ravaged by civil war, and last…

From the photographer: documenting polio vaccinations

- Ismail Taxta