°DAVID DARE PARKER - EAST TIMOR, INDONESIA

“PHOTOJOURNALISM IS A PRECARIOUS, OFTEN FRUSTRATING, OCCASIONALLY WONDERFUL WAY OF LIFE. PHOTOJOURNALISTS ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM THE REALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN EMOTION. WHATEVER THE MOTIVATION TO PURSUE THIS TYPE OF WORK; WHETHER IT IS A SENSE OF TRADITION, PROFESSIONAL PRINCIPLE OR HUMANITARIAN CONCERN IN THE HANDS OF THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, THE CAMERA HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT STORYTELLING TOOL. WHETHER THEY ARE COMPLETING A PERSONAL PROJECT IN SOME REMOTE PART OF THE WORLD OR WORKING ALONGSIDE THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE LATEST HOTSPOT, PHOTOJOURNALISTS WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER US A GLIMPSE INTO THE HUMAN CONDITION.”