Photoshare Newsletter - March 2006

Contents

1. Photographer Spotlight - Katie Richey
2. Best Practice Spotlight - Institute of Development Studies
3. Announcing - Development Photography Award
4. Search Tips - Economic Development
5. Photos Needed

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 1. Photographer Spotlight - Katie Richey

Prior to joining Population Reports at The INFO Project in 2003, Katie Richey spent a year in India as a Research Fellow for the Rural Development Institute of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, located in Uttaranchal.  This posting included designing holistic health programs for adolescents, researching cultural practices concerning traditional medicine, and developing publications of health related materials. Her interests include medical anthropology and maternal and child health. Katie has a BA in Anthropology and is currently pursuing a MPH degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Katie says,"development photography is an important component of development work in that it connects the field experiences, the stories, and people on all levels of the development chain. Photoshare is a wonderful way to disseminate these images and experiences across geographical, spatial and organizational boundaries." [see all of Katie Richey's photos]

New Photos from Katie Richey

Rural residents in Nicaragua attend a Reproductive Health Workshop led by graduate students from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. <- Rural health leaders discuss Cyclebeads during a reproductive health workshop in the rural village of Hormiguero, Nicaragua. © 2006 Katie Richey, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 339-29] See all....

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2. Best Practice Spotlight - Institute of Development Studies

Photoshare staff would like to recognize the Institute of Development Studies for including both the Photoshare caption and credit in their publication titled "id21 Insights Health, No. 7, Health Workforce in Developing Countries." See their publication cover below (with credit and caption enlarged).

 

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3. Development Photography Award

Enter now for a chance to win the 2006 Photoshare Development Photography Award!

Photoshare is pleased to announce the 2006 Photoshare Development Photography Award. This award, sponsored by Nikon and awarded exclusively to a photographer from a developing country, is part of Photoshare’s efforts to promote photography as a tool for communicating health and development issues. The winner of this award will receive a brand new Nikon Coolpix 4800 Digital Camera (4 megapixels).

Photoshare is currently seeking applicants from developing countries who are:

• involved in public health and development programs;
• interested in using photography to document issues facing their communities;
• in need of a first-time or improved digital camera.

Developing country photographers, both amateur and trained, are encouraged to apply by April 1, 2006.

Download the Award Application for further instructions.

Questions? Contact: photoshare@infoforhealth.org

 

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4. Search Tips - Economic Development

Looking for photos related to economic development? Try these keywords when you search the Photoshare database (click on the keyword links below to go directly to search results):

• Economic Development
• Economic Factors
• Employment
• Employment-Based Services
• Fair Trade
• Financial Activities
• Income Generation Programs
• Investments
• Labor Force
• Livelihood
• Microeconomic Factors
• Microenterprise Development
• Poverty
• Resources
• Savings
• Unemployment
• Workers

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5. Photos Needed

Photoshare generally needs more photos of the following subjects from ALL REGIONS. Items in red are needed urgently for the revision of the Essentials of Contraceptive Technology Handbook which is currently in production (published by the World Health Organization and the INFO Project).

General Human Interest (photos illustrating rural and urban life/populations)

• Couples and families
• Adolescents
• Women and children
• Fathers and children

Health-Related Activities, Behaviors, and Interventions

• Family planning and reproductive health (e.g. education, counseling, DEPO injections, display of a year's supply of pills)
• HIV/AIDS (e.g. prevention, care, and treatment, PMTCT)
• Maternal and child health (e.g. services, pregnancy, antenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, nutrition)
• Malaria (e.g. prevention and treatment, bednet photos needed)
• Tuberculosis (e.g. prevention and treatment)
• Community Based Distribution (CBD) workers

Environment

• Water (e.g. supply, use, quality, pollution, protection)
• Air
• Land and natural resources management
• Food Security
• Disasters (e.g. impact, relief, preparedness)  

Specific Under-Represented Countries and Regions

• Africa, Sub-Saharan (Somalia)
• Latin America (all countries)