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Dear Friends,
If you have read more than one email from us here at WITNESS, you have heard us express our steadfast belief in the power of images to affect positive change.
In our cameras everywhere world, many of the images we encounter are images of suffering or horror. Globally, we collectively paused this week when seeing the sickening photograph of toddler Alan Kurdi, who had washed up on the shores of a Turkish beach after drowning at sea. Alan, his mother and 5-year-old brother, Galip, were attempting to flee the war in Syria.
The graphic images associated with Alan’s death - almost impossible to ignore given the speed with which they circulated via traditional and social media - have stirred strong emotions, active debate and pledges for action.
Is it good that we can’t escape these images? When should we share them and to what end? We invite you to read an article by our Program Director Sam Gregory about the ethical choices and complexities of sharing images of human suffering. Sam, who is himself the father of a toddler, thoughtfully urges us to keep human dignity at the heart of our witnessing and actions.
In solidarity,
The WITNESS Team
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