Kroo Bay Fashion

via youtube.com

I'm currently researching a piece on the photojournalists/videographers who are documenting Kroo Bay in Sierra Leone. Their body of work is astounding, including 360° images with videos, interviews, stills slideshows and sound captures to help convey a sense of place. Some of the videos are also on YouTube, including this short piece on the fashion of Kroo Bay. The way the people from Kroo Bay walk and pose their clothes, as if on a catwalk in London or Paris, is just brilliant and is an exceptional piece of documentary work.

There's a huge amount of other images and "webisodes" to explore on the Save The Children site. Fascinating and well worth watching, even if as a lesson in photo/video documentary.

www.savethechildren.org.uk/kroobay

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Around the World by Zeppelin

via bbc.co.uk

Possibly the most inspirational and fascinating documentary I've seen in ever such a long time. I had no idea that a Zeppelin went round the world - and the archive footage is just delicious. Plus, there was a young British female reporter on board the airship called Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, documenting her adventures for the American media. I love a good adventurer, especially when they're women battling against societal expectations.

If you're a fan of retro archive footage from all over the world, this is one to watch. You've got eight days...

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