A vulture seems to be stalking an infant. This award winning photograph taken by a memeber of ' the bang bang club' Kevin Carter epitomizes our need for action.
" Most of all . I am not proud of a South Africa where youth are largely apathetic , content with them and theirs , and willing to see injustices occur everyday, every minute , every second."
Danielle Bowler .
In a society where poverty is ever present and experiences of it are had it is not the state of the world which we should blame but look inwards at ourselves. This thought was triggered by the book I am currently reading called 'the bang bang club' by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva. This book is a commentary on award wining photographs taken by the authors and their peers and highlights the post 1990 violence in South Afica whos memory has been lost in the 21st century (Photos viewed at http://www.joaosilva.co.za/ ).The dominant theme throughout this book is the indiffernce of the majority of white South Africans continued their lives in ambivalence of the mass organised violence. Following this trail of thought process I realized my generations ambivalence to the poverty of the majority of South Africans which , to an extent, has been caused by apartheid. As young journalists we need to engage with the needy support the poor and uplift the impoverished. To step out of the bubles of comfort in which we live and confront the poverty. Every world citizen encounters such povert but by wriding ourselves of this ambivilence and apathy we will find a solution and learn from the likes of Marinovich and Silva.
Danielle Bowler .
In a society where poverty is ever present and experiences of it are had it is not the state of the world which we should blame but look inwards at ourselves. This thought was triggered by the book I am currently reading called 'the bang bang club' by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva. This book is a commentary on award wining photographs taken by the authors and their peers and highlights the post 1990 violence in South Afica whos memory has been lost in the 21st century (Photos viewed at http://www.joaosilva.co.za/ ).The dominant theme throughout this book is the indiffernce of the majority of white South Africans continued their lives in ambivalence of the mass organised violence. Following this trail of thought process I realized my generations ambivalence to the poverty of the majority of South Africans which , to an extent, has been caused by apartheid. As young journalists we need to engage with the needy support the poor and uplift the impoverished. To step out of the bubles of comfort in which we live and confront the poverty. Every world citizen encounters such povert but by wriding ourselves of this ambivilence and apathy we will find a solution and learn from the likes of Marinovich and Silva.
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