As predicted here in my last post, the situation in Burma continues to deteriorate hourly. The attitude of the military junta would be almost farcical - if so many millions of lives were not at risk.
The latest UN reports has between 1.2 million and 1.9 million people struggling to survive after the cyclone. The U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated the number of deaths at between 63,290 to 101,682, with 220,000 people still missing.
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"Nonstop imagery is our surround, but when it comes to remembering, the photograph has the deeper bite....
In an era of information overload, the photograph..is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb."
(Susan Sontag: Regarding the Pain of Others 2003)
In an era of information overload, the photograph..is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb."
(Susan Sontag: Regarding the Pain of Others 2003)
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Queen & Country by Steve McQueen
The image above shows a detail from 'Queen & Country' by Iraq War Artist Steve McQueen. Find out more below & sign the petition for Royal Mail to issue the stamps in tribute to the fallen servicemen & women the project commemorates.
http://www.artfund.org/queenandcountry/Queen_and_Country.html
http://www.artfund.org/queenandcountry/Queen_and_Country.html
About Me
Dominique Jackson is a freelance writer & translator with more than 20 years’ experience of the Fourth Estate. She studied Modern & Medieval Languages at Magdalen College, Oxford and trained at Reuters News Agency after graduating.
She worked initially as a Foreign Correspondent, reporting from Latin America, South East Asia and Western Europe, and latterly, as a writer and editor on London’s Fleet Street. She is currently a columnist and blogger for the Mail Online RightMinds Debate project. Read her most recent articles here:
Dominique's work has also appeared in publications as diverse as the Guardian, the Spectator, the Financial Times, Marie Claire, Avenue Magazine, the Times Educational Supplement, the Volkskrant & the South China Morning Post.
My linguistic & editorial consultancy website can be found here: http://babelatbedlam.co.uk/
My latest project - raising awareness of Lewy Body Dementia and of elder and vulnerable adult abuse can be found here: http://ahappierending.blogspot.com/
My linguistic & editorial consultancy website can be found here: http://babelatbedlam.co.uk/
My latest project - raising awareness of Lewy Body Dementia and of elder and vulnerable adult abuse can be found here: http://ahappierending.blogspot.com/