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Sarah Waiswa
7 quotes
“I think a lot of the issues is with NGOs that work in the rural areas, when the people see them coming, they think they’ve come with money and gifts and all types of things, you know? So they feel like they really have to perform in order to get those things.”
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“I think NGO work is my least favourite kind of work because it is extractive. … Also the briefs, you know, are very make sure everyone is smiling. Make sure it’s positive. Make sure people are happy. Make sure, make sure, make sure. And yet when you go into these areas... sometimes it’s not a smiley situation.”
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“This idea of being the voice of the voiceless, I think when I was starting out that sounded so … cool right? I quickly, quickly after kind of working and just learning about photography, just realised that that was absolutely just not true. I don’t think anybody can be the voice for anybody else.”
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“Anytime you are telling other people’s stories it has to be a collaboration, you know? Yes, you have the tool, you have the camera, but at the end of the day, you have to work with someone in order to be able to tell a story.”
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“I think the story doesn’t start with you busting out your camera.”
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“Even as an African, telling stories about Africa, I think it’s still important to consider that we could possibly be doing the same thing and in various different communities. If I go and photograph a story in an informal settlement, I am an outsider too.”
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“I think the first thing I would say is that recognising that, just by virtue of you having a camera, that you have a certain power, depending obviously on the type of photography that you’re doing, but that you have a certain power over the people that you’re photographing. And so being conscious of that I think is really important. I think if you’re conscious of that, how you navigate the storytelling and how you use that power I think is really important. And not abusing that power. I think that’s what photography ethics is, is really trying not to abuse the power that the camera gives you.”
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