Cheka Kidogo

The photographer Rankin is exhibiting some really good work down on South Bank, I admit its cold but it’s a good viewing.
Produced in the Congo, he captures the true personalities of some of those living in one of the most troubled places on earth.
The images are part of Oxfam in action; limited edition prints are sold to raise money for those in the images. (I think?)

I went down the other day and thought it was amazing, its not often you get to see images of people in the Congo actually looking happy or even representing anything of which they themselves like to do, this gives a greater feeling of reality, as we are constantly bombarded with images of starving children as a shock factor to give money, I think in a way it kind of becomes the norm to view such images or footage as something distanced from our own lives so we no longer feel the need to help.

I may be chatting shit, but what do you think??