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:: CATEGORIES :: > Small Imprints Work, Play and No Rest by Julio Osorio A series of black and white images of children who live largely beneath the poverty line, the photos in Work Play And No Rest sit somewhere between the school of documentary, mass observation, photography and the holiday snap. Taken on the hoof on a five-year backpack pilgrimage around South Africa and Latin America, Julio Cesar Osorio, a Colombian photographer wanted it to reflect the memories of his own childhood through the lens of a camera; concentrating in the poorest areas of the countries visited to show how children live only with the basics but who have found happiness in daily chores. His photographs have the charm of a tourist, yet they combine this with a realism, and achy curiosity, in the school of Dorothea Lange. With the minutiae of politics and light entertainment featuring large and prominent elsewhere this work is an antidote. If only temporarily we are reminded of the faces and voices of children who are neither seen nor heard. All of which sounds pretty depressing, but if you are a subscriber to the idea of compassion apathy don’t worry. This book has an optimism that is rare in representations of the Third World. It prefers to focus in and around moments of sanctuary, a cheerful Colombian girl playing in a river, three pre-adolescent Venezuelan windscreen cleaners, showing the vitality of their age, and the day to day mischievousness of childhood, rather than images of abject realities that shock and are then forgotten. Call it a ’compelling lightness of touch’ if you like. All of this is both admirable and worthy. Documentary photography is not popular in contemporary circles, as everyone knows that nothing lies more convincingly than the camera- but this book side steps the debate, letting the subjects, shot with humanity and skill, speak for themselves through the medium- which is sad because it is necessary. The main purpose of this project is to urge people to try and help in particular those children that just happen to be born into those circumstances. This photographer has lived in England for the past 20 years, yet he did not think twice to go outside this secure cocoon to help those less fortunate and share with children and you the innocence of childhood. You only need to look at the work and make your own assumptions. The book is self-published and a decision was taken to donate £5 from each copy sold to two charitable organisations looking after deprived children in Abancay in Peru and Cape Town in South Africa. Price: £25.00 Enter the appropriate quantity you wish to buy below, then click the 'Add To Cart' button to place this item in your shopping cart. * - Denotes a required field. Quantity * Let’s Celebrate- Myth and Narratives signed copy Price: £9.99 Our World in Focus by Earth Pledge Foundation Currently Out Of Stock Please email books @ foto8.com for more information on this item. Member price: £23.96 Out of Your Tree by Dominic Lee signed copy List price: £24.00 On offer: £15.30

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