Watch and learn

OK - I’m in serious mode here …

I’ve been checking out MediaStorm today, which is a multimedia site showcasing some off the most incredible stories I have ever seen in the online environment. It’s got great examples of how to present stories in the medium, and one in particular really hit me hard.

You can watch it here. It’s called Bloodlines, and is about the AIDS pandemic in Africa, using some incredible photographs by Kristen Ashburn, an American award-winning photojournalist. I warn you, it’s not a happy piece, but it’s an awesome example of how tragic tales, when presented with beauty, can really make you think and act. They seep into your soul and open your mind and heart to things too many people in this world ignore. Well, that’s how I react to them, anyway.

So next time an AIDS charity collector shakes a red bucket in front of you in the street, do me a favour, and fish a dollar, or two if you can, from your pocket and drop it in. This piece will waste 12 minutes of your life, but all you have to do is remember you have one to understand it is a small sacrifice in comparison to what so many people in the world today have to deal with.

Foraggio x

~ by foraggio on April 26, 2007.