{"id":18094,"date":"2018-08-17T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T08:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=18094"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:56:18","slug":"world-photography-day-through-the-lens-of-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/18094\/world-photography-day-through-the-lens-of-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"World Photography Day through the lens of Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I grew up in photography reading Robert Capa\u2019s words: \u201cIf your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

It’s a simple statement but really profound. Photographers have understood this statement in their own unique way, similar to what photography as a medium is. It can be personal to the photographer and public at the same time. It is open to conversations and interpretations but true and honest to the photographer and situation.<\/p>\n\n

In the 19th century, photography was born for bearing witness. It was used to capture landscapes, document society in form of portraits – a true archive. Photography was the first medium of bearing witness known to our times.<\/p>\n\n

As time passed on, in the last 200 years, we have seen and accepted the power of a good photograph. We have seen images been accepted as evidence in courts and also inspiring governments and people to stand up and take action. Images have left us all speechless, frustrated and motivated at the same time.<\/p>\n\n

Photography is the best ally to an environmental movement, a medium to speak volumes to cross-cultural audiences in a language that everyone understands.<\/p>\n\n

This is a small selection of iconic images from Greenpeace that have inspired and motivated hundreds and thousands across the world.<\/p>\n\n

\"Logger
Logger in Cameroon (1999). \u00a9 Steve Morgan \/ Greenpeace
\u00a9 Creative Commons<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Deforestation
Deforestation in Papua (2018). \u00a9 Ulet Ifansasti \/ Greenpeace
\u00a9 Ivan Donchev \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Big
Big river boat trapped on a sand bank East of Barreirinha, during one of the worst droughts ever recorded in the Amazon. \u00a9 Daniel Beltr\u00e1 \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Whale
Whale secured alongside the Yushin Maru No.2 catcher ship from the Japanese whaling fleet. (2006). \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Kate Davison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Chlorine
Chlorine Action Atochem Blockade – France (1993). \u00a9 Greenpeace \/ Michael Jackson
\u00a9 Greenpeace International<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Oiled
Oiled Brown Pelicans in Louisiana (2010). \u00a9 Daniel Beltr\u00e1 \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Rescue
Rescue workers and local volunteers attempt to clean up the oil spill at Ao Phrao beach in Ko Samet, Rayong Province, (2013). \u00a9 Roengrit Kongmuang \/ Greenpeace
\u00a9 Ivan Donchev \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Underwater
Underwater image of a turtle with plastic on his head. (2006) .\u00a9 Troy Mayne \/ Oceanic Imagery Publications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Chernobyl
Chornobyl in the Ukraine became the site of the most infamous nuclear disaster accident of all. In 1986 the explosion of the nuclear reactor affected the lives of millions in Western Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. (2005). \u00a9 Robert Knoth \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"A
A polar bear rests in the icy water in Svalbard. (2016) \u00a9 Rasmus T\u00f6rnqvist \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Protest \u00a9 Zhao Gang \/ Greenpeace<\/div>” class=”wp-image-18172″\/>
Protest at Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline in the US, 2016. \u00a9 Richard Bluecloud Castaneda \/ Greenpeace
\u00a9 Zhao Gang \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"Villagers
Villagers celebrate the Government\u2019s decision to stop Mahan coal block from mining. (2015). \u00a9 Sudhanshu Malhotra\/Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

To be honest, this selection of images has been the easiest edit of my life. Most of these images are embedded in my brain but choosing 12 out of hundreds is the toughest decision.<\/p>\n\n

We all have seen the horrible image of the turtle and the plastic in the ocean, the same way the blood on the dead whale moved thousands of people to mobilise and put pressure on governments to ban whaling. From oil-soaked pelicans in the Gulf of Mexico to destroyed forests in Indonesia, the inspiring images of protesters standing against armed police at Standing Rock and the infectious smile of joy and victory of a woman over a giant coal company. These images are just a preview of various struggles we face every day across the world in our efforts protect this environment.<\/p>\n\n

Get involved and join the movement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

World Photography Day is Sunday August 19. Sudhanshu Malhotra is a Multimedia Editor for Greenpeace International, based in Hong Kong. You can follow him on his Instagram. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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