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Al Jazeera‘s media show The Listening Post on how the mainstream media reacted—and over-reacted—to the H1N1 virus, secure in the knowledge that no one would ever accuse them of overkill. And how the digital purveyors of the rumours on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc, were themselves victims.
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Master-photographer Raghu Rai, who was nominated by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join Magnum, in conversation with ASRP Mukesh in The Pioneer, on his entry into photography and what it takes to be a good lensman:
# “Skills are never taught, they are acquired. I can give you a camera, but can’t feed your vision.”
# “Photography is a strguggle to respond to the situation and realise its importance. Death and life don’t wait for anyone. One has to understand this hidden meaning before picking up a camera.”
# “Non-professional photographers should begin clicking portraints as it teaches them to connect with emotions better than juggling between doing overambitious pictures.”
# “If your mind is not connected to what you are shooting then you are not a good photographer.”
# “A creative photographer is one who either captures mystery or reveals things, everything else is useless.”
Photograph: courtesy Magnum
Also read: Raghu Rai‘s Magnum photo gallery
