“Vale davvero la pena (e il pericolo) di scendere in piazza “armati” di macchina fotografica o telecamera

per raccontare quello che accade?

Vale la pena rischiare la propria salute, oltre che l’attrezzatura,

per poi contribuire alla macchina della disinformazione?”

Se lo è chiesto Valerio Nicolosi, videomaker e fotografo, all’indomani del corteo degli “antagonisti” scesi in piazza a Roma lo scorso 19 ottobre.

L’appuntamento è per venerdì 15 novembre alle ore 19 nella casa dei Raccontastorie di Shoot4Change, a Roma in via del Mandrione 105: operatori dell’informazione, videomaker, fotografi, giornalisti, direttori responsabili di giornali si confronteranno sulla crescente insofferenza dei Movimenti nei confronti degli operatori dell’informazione, sulle professionalità messe a rischio da un sistema, quello dell’informazione, che li tutela sempre meno e li espone a rischi sempre più alti pure di raccontare la realtà.

Un evento e una riflessione che si svolge alla vigilia del 16 novembre, giorno in cui scenderanno in piazza le comunità Val Susa, a Napoli, a Pisa e a Gradisca di Isonzo.

Shoot4change è in via del Mandrione 105, Roma e online su ww.shoot4change.net

Per la stampa: Andrea Cardoni a.cardoni@shoot4change.net, 3488894507

(DIS ) INFORMATION
WHAT IF THE PHOTOJOURNALIST SAYS NO?

” Is it really worth the danger to take to the streets ” armed ” with camera or camcorder to tell what happens? Is it worth risking your health, as well as the equipment, in order to contribute to propaganda and disinformation?”

These are the questions posed by Valerio Nicolosi , filmmaker and photographer, in the aftermath of the street demonstrations of the ” antagonists ” that took to the streets of Rome last October 19.

The event is scheduled for Friday, November 15 at 7 pm in the House of the Storytellers of Shoot4Change, in Rome, in via del Mandrione 105: information professionals, videomakers,  photographers, journalists, editors, newspapers directors will discuss the growing suffering of the Movements against information professionals that are put at risk by the Information system that fails to protects and exposes them to higher risks in order to hit the news.
An event and a debate that we launch on the eve of November 16, the day when demonstrators are expected to  take to the streets in Susa Valley, in Naples, Pisa and  Gradisca di Isonzo.

Shoot4change is in Rome, via del Mandrione 105

ww.shoot4change.net

For Press inquiries, please contact Andrea Cardoni a.cardoni@shoot4change.net +393488894507

He writes about the aesthetic of the tragic, misery being an easy target of photojournalists and how the “offer of photography” is driven by market demands. A very interesting reading.

Since I’ve created Shoot4Change I could see that people react emotionally on a “strong” and tragic image rather than on a positive and potentially more inspiring one. Stats and weblogs showed that at the beginning (and somehow still do).

But over the time, pursuing S4C mission of reporting untold or ignored stories and the ones of those who try to bring a positive solution WITHIN tragic stories, I could see that our viewers attention was shifting. Stats showed a progressively longer reading time on those positive stories.

We have an average reading time of about 3 minutes and it’s quite a lot, since we are not a commercial magazine. It means people are interested and read carefully an article. To make a long story short, I think that the Adapt and Evolve approach works, and it really does, when it comes to adapting to market and technology changes. As for editorial content, I might be a little more optimistic.

If (and maybe S4C  is the proof, altough we are still very young) people (pros and amateurs alike) are willing  to go down on the streets to tell ignored or forgotten stories (often stories about the huge number of volunteers who bring relief in tragic situation) there is a growing demand – from the wider public – to know more about it.

But make no mistake. Tragedies are still, and will keep being, extremely aestethic and “remunerated” by mainstrem media. And it’s ok.

But, at least in my view, it is ok not only as long as it serves Information purposes but also if it’s intended to inspire others to take part in social change.

Antonio