‘Living On A Dollar A Day: The Lives and Faces of the World’s Poor’
Byer a Pulitzer Prize wining photographer has photographed the human aspect of extreme poverty. She has worked across ten countries to document the families living on the equivalent of one US Dollar a day. Over the project she has tried to raise awareness of the conditions and be the voice of those in these conditions and try to promote change. This is a different approach to Kingsmead and the Germain Project who handed over the cameras to the subject, however the images have helped and resulted in some cases of improvement and a non-for-profit organisation.
“I think of myself as a journalist who chooses the art of photography to bring awareness to issues throughout the world. As a documentary photojournalist, I adhere to a code of ethics and my pictures depict the unvarnished realities of life. Art is a powerful means of expression, but combined with journalism it has the ability to bring awareness to issues that can elevate the public’s understanding and compassion and hopefully affect meaningful social change.” — Renée C. Byer
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Websites accessed 29/05/2020
https://www.viewpointgallery.org/exhibit/ren%C3%A9e-c.-byer%E2%80%94living-dollar-day
https://mymodernmet.com/renee-c-byer-living-on-a-dollar-a-day-book/
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