A rough idea of my spread

Flyer Idea

ZINEEEEE!

I know, I know...

I will write things in soon...

It's just a brief.

Reference/Rough layout of Flyers/Rough layout of my page in the zines

Wangechi Mutu

Rough Flyers layout

Rough layout of my section in the zines

Varine

Flynn Zine page

Flyer Idea

A few Shots

I know these photo's are all quite different but im just kinda shooting all sorts, so that when im back i have more to choose an edit from. Im going tomorow to a choir rehearsal in a local chuch to take photo's hopefully some portraits. Laters Homies

Ps.. the scans i have to get here are awful so they all look murky!

To Flynn

To Flynn

This might relate to your project?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/01/kenya-flower-industry-worker-conditions-water-tax

U.S army Commmmmmmmmmmmercial! (propaganda)

U.S. Army commercial.

In Chinese culture, family is the most important thing. Chinese army propaganda make you think of serving the army protecting your motherland and your family is a proud and a natural thing to do.

Compare to chinese propaganda, U.S. use the Hollywood movie effect in commercials to attract people to join the army.

The video above is a Swedish Armed Forces commercial which basically making fun of the U.S. army commercial.

"We can't offer you an epic opening which models post like marines,

We can't offer you the opportunity to suddenly rise out of the water holding some weird futuristic weapon,

We can't offer you top secret hit and run missions to unknown territories,

We can't offer you ridiculously dramatic music playing in the background,

or even a cool American voice,"

Buddhism

 

These are a few examples from google and the last one is a cover of Don's Farber's book

Below is the Process of getting ordained

US Marines using Xbox 360 Controller?!

Found these two images on google.

It seems like the U.S Marines are using sort of Xbox360 Controller to control SUGVs (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle) and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) spy plane. 

This might be a myth but it sort of related to my idea how these "war machine" became a "game play" and how those shooting war video games such as "Call of Duty" became a propaganda, an 'influence' to the players to join the army.

Individual Jobs

Hey guys here's a chart I made to make it clear who's doing what for this week!
fr. VC

Cindy Sherman

Looking at the way that cindy sherman dresses up and the concept of dressing myself up as my idols and the way that the influence me.

Print styles for zine

I know there are not that many photo's in the pictures but it looks good and i will bring in an example tomorrow.

I want to create a series of images exploring the theme of 'influence'. My initial idea was to photograph the very people that influence me, however thought it would be interesting to Instead dress my self up as the people that inspire me, the characters I aspire to be, the people that influence me. 

Game vs Real Life?

"Oh yea, look at those dead bastards."

"Nice"

06:27 - 06:33.

"Good shooting"

"Thank you."

06:41 - 06:44"

"Come on, let us shoot!"

09:26

"I think they just drove over a body"

"(laugh)Really?"

"(laugh)Yea"

12:50 - 12:55

Vs

"Our AC130 is in the air."

"We are taking the lead!!"

"Triple Kill!!!"

http://www.blackallstudios.com/?page=5

http://uk.cameloteurope.com/

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/Arts/VenuesPremises/GalleriesExhibitionSpace.htm

http://locationworks.com/library.php?reference=49005

Wealth Project 2009

The portraits below explore individual notions of wealth. I asked a simple question to each of my subjects:

“What enriches your life and what is important to you?”

Often the responses were similar, because for many Kenyan’s the most important things are land, family and livestock. People don’t necessarily deal with money, it’s more about swapping something you have for something your need.

Much of my childhood was spent in Africa and I have grown to love the continent and it’s people. I decided to investigate wealth in Kenya, this might seem strange to some people who have an image of poverty in Africa. I have experienced otherwise, and thus wanted to show this through photographic practice. I spent a month visiting different people around Kenya, taking their portraits and asking them my question.

Religious Gig - Central Park, Nairobi

I used to live near the city centre and these would go on all weekend 

Needless to say they were very popular and thus very loud.

Religion battles medicine in Kenya

Capital News, Kenya/September 22, 2009

By Sarah Wambui

Nairobi, Kenya - Achieng is a five-year-old girl who has for the past two weeks been lying in bed suffering from malaria. Her parents and other relatives don't believe in modern medicine, saying that it opens doors for evil.
Achieng's condition gets worse and she slips into unconsciousness. Instead of her parents rushing her to hospital, they kneel beside her and pray. By the time they figure out that God also works through people (read doctors), it is a tad too late. Achieng dies.
The above scenario depicts a real life situation in one part of the country. Religious fanatics exist everywhere in the world and Kenya is no exception. The extent they go to vary from digging underground chambers as escape from nuclear gases to using prayers in place of medicine.
"We do not take our sick to hospital because it amounts to putting the doctors before our Lord. We believe that our faith will cure the sick," says Njoroge Mwangi.
He is an Archbishop with the African Mission of Holy Ghost Church in his late 60s or early 70s. He agrees to give us an interview after a little persuasion; he accuses the media of tarnishing his church's name.
"Our Bible demands us to have faith that can move mountains. We pray, anoint and read the Word for those who are sick. The family is also required to fast so that their sick can get better. We protect ourselves by fulfilling God's commandments," he says.
Archbishop Njoroge states that their values and principles should not be questioned saying that their church should be respected.
"We have had instances where some of our people have succumbed to illnesses, but that does not mean that our prayers don't work. It just means that we should increase the intensity of our prayer," he adds. "People criticise us and portray us in negative image; but they should not judge that which they do not understand."
Bishop Njoroge's church is not the only one that does not believe in conventional medicine.
An exclusive interview for Capital News takes us to Barasa Makokha, who belongs to the Dini ya Msambwa sect. He believes that medicine and hospitals undermine God's power.
"We end up bowing too low to mortals every time we go to hospitals. We bring God down to our level. We cannot therefore seek doctors when we fall sick.
Churches are only answerable to God; not to man," he explains.
The Dini ya Msambwa sect has controversial doctrines. They do not believe in Jesus Christ or the Holy Trinity and the lack of belief in the power of modern medicine is just icing on the cake.
"God is our Father and Healer and we can always reach Him through prayer not through other people such as doctors," Mr Makokha reveals.
He adds that Msambwa sect members are just like Jesus because they are all children of God.
Other religious leaders especially those from the mainstream churches strongly disagree with the sentiments of these two religious fanatics.
Pastor Ochieng is a leader with the Nairobi Pentecostal Church who says that religion and God should not be abused and wrongly contextualised.
"What these people are essentially doing is misinterpreting God's Word. Most of these religions were formed during colonial times when they were rebelling against the colonialists," he says.
"During that time they would refuse to use what they referred to as ‘white medicine' as they were rioting against the colonialists' leadership tactics. So when they refuse to take their sick to hospital it has little to do with Godly faith and more to do with being rebellious," observes Pastor Ochieng.
Police officers have the right to arrest people who allow sick people to die in their hands in the name of prayer. In such situations, the law does not take into consideration any religious principles. Such persons are usually charged with homicide due to neglect.

Religion - The strongest power

In this era of economic liberalism and unquestioning belief in the power of market forces there is a tendency to think of every individual as a ‘homo economicus’, a person wholly engaged in the rational pursuit of self-interest. But looking after number one is just a part of human nature: equally important are such seemingly outmoded qualities as altruism and faith.

As history shows, religious faith or belief can often prove to be a much stronger force than considerations of pure self-interest. In some circumstances people will even sacrifice their life for their faith. Irrespective of whether this powerful force works for the good or bad of mankind, it would be a great mistake to think that the globalisation and economisation of thought has diminished religion’s importance. Religion continues to act as one of the major well-springs of human behaviour. Man is incurably religious although the form and object of his religious feelings may change over time.

The role of religion in respect to peace-building and conflict can often be ambiguous. As the following pages show, religious institutions such as churches are frequently to be found at the heart of conflict prevention and peace-building activities. However, there are also examples of religious institutions failing to promote peace and even fanning the flames of conflict.

In the last decade of the 20th century people slaughtered each other in Rwanda and Burundi, apparently for political and/or ethnic reasons. However, most of the slaughterers were Christians, and many were of the same, Roman Catholic, denomination. As such they acted against their religious convictions. Subsequently the Church had major problems reconciling itself with events. How was it possible that the Church and religion generally had so signally failed to prevent the bloodshed? How was it possible that Church-goers and even priests could have participated in the slaughter? Several missionaries from abroad left the country in disillusion, others failed to return to their posts while an African Roman Catholic priest who emigrated to Belgium, is suspected of involvement in the slaughter and is said to be receiving the protection of church authorities in his new country. The major international Christian denominations are now discredited and seem to be losing ground to local churches and sects.

Historically it seems that religion has more often acted to fuel conflicts between peoples and nations than to appease them. In itself this is strange, because in their spirit and their fundamental principles almost all religions aim at peace and co-operation between all human beings. However, wanting the best for mankind clearly does not prevent the devout from turning to religion for help in their worldly struggles, nor does it prevent religious leaders blessing armies and their weapons before they go into battle......

http://www.gppac.net/documents/pbp_f/3/2_intro.htm

Jen Warren

“This photo is from a project I completed for The Kasiisi Project in Western Uganda. The Kasiisi Project supports rebuilding efforts for local schools in Kyanyawara and Kasiisi, an area near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo that, until recently, was regularly attacked by LRA rebels. The program also supplies children’s books and uniforms, offers secondary and university scholarships, and has been active in the community for over 15 years. In this photograph, a Kasiisi student is baptized in a tepid pond near the primary school. Religion plays a very important role in this rural community, and children frequently spend their afternoons and weekends at church socializing"