Documentary photography for social change - UNICEF photography ethics in representing children.

1. 1
PHOTOGRAPHING
CHILDREN
Ethics
and
Representa0on
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UNICEF/NYHQ2011-­‐1980/LeMoyne

2. UNICEF promotes
children’s rights
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UNICEF/NYHQ2012-­‐1732/Sokol

3. Respect
real situation
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UNICEF/NYHQ1999-­‐0156/Horner

4. Intention
& context
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UNICEF/NYHQ2009-­‐2580/Noorani

5. Using
releases
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UNICEF/NYHQ2012-­‐1159/Sokol

6. Edit & caption criteria
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UNICEF/NYHQ1994-­‐1024/Press

7. Image UNI55031: © UNICEF/NYHQ1994-1024/Press
A woman neighbour watches as Mbonigaba, eight, (left) and Egide, 14,
(right, hugged by two friends) are embraced in emotional welcomes by
brothers and family friends they encounter, as they walk toward their
house near the town of Ramagana, on being re-united with their family.
(#6 IN SEQUENCE OF 11)
By the end of 1994 in Rwanda, in a programme sponsored by Save the
Children Fund UK (SCF) and UNICEF, SCF social workers Rosine
Kamagaju (from neighbouring Burundi) and Odette Uzayisenga (who lost
her entire family, except one baby daughter, during the civil conflict) work
daily to trace the families of the over 600 Rwandan children being cared
for at a UNICEF-assisted Belgian Red Cross (ICRC) centre for
unaccompanied children in Kigali, the capital. As of November 1994, they
have re-united 45 children with their families. The women also visit re-
united children to ensure they are adjusting back to family life.

8. No content
manipulation
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UNICEF/PAKA2010-­‐00131/Ramoneda

9. Protect children at risk
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UNICEF/SLRA2013-­‐0009/Asselin

10. A question to ask
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UNICEF/NYHQ2012-­‐0883/Sokol

11. ‘negative’ imagery
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UNICEF/NYHQ1998-­‐0529/Pirozzi

12. ‘positive’ imagery
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UNICEF/NYHQ1999-­‐0342/Horner

13. For more information, please contact
Christine Nesbitt
UNICEF Sr. Photography Editor
+1 212 326 7281
United Nations Children’s Fund
3 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel: 212-326-7000
www.unicef.org
© United Nations Children’s Fund
May 2014