Project 6: Save the Children-Image Bank

Abbie Trayler Smith
Abbie Trayler Smith was born in 1977 in England. She taught photography herself and started with photography for the student newspaper. Then she continued to work for the Daily Telegraph. She has visited a lot of third world countries including, Ethiopia, Sudan, Malawi, Iraq and Darfur. She is mostly known for her documentary photographs in these countries. The above pictures are also from one of her documentaries. Since 2006, she is working as a freelance photographer with a wider variety of clients and focuses on her own projects.

As can be seen above, her documentary pictures are very similar to the ones on Save the Children website. They are mostly from third world countries and bring a sense of empathy for the subjects in the photos. Moreover they are mostly in colors and do not have a lot of editings done. However this seems to work the best with documentary pictures as they do not need any extra aids to convey their points. Additional editings will actually distract the viewers.

Karen Leslie

Karen Leslie is an American photographer and she specializes in modern portrait photography sessions of kids, familes and dogs. She is based in Central Florida. She went to college for marketing executive but changed her mind to photography and now she owns a small business, called KarenLeslie Photography.

This photograph is black and white and it arouses the feeling of motherhood. This could relate to the topic "Universal Education" as the baby's sister is teaching the baby something. They seem to be very connected and this brings a sense of family.

Meredith Zinner

Meredith Zinner is an American photographer specializing in infants, toddlers, children and families. She is a professional natural light photographer and is based in New York. During her sessions, she allows the children to show their individuality and characteristics naturally, instead of "preconceived notions or standardized props and set-ups." She also has her own business called, Meredith Zinner Photography.

This picture, on the other hand, does not depict universal education. However the connection between the father and the baby is very well shown. It once again shows the familial sense.

Sarah Lasker

Sarah Lasker is an amateur American photographer, base in Phoenix. She is a registered nurse and takes photographs as her hobby. She has a Flickr account in which she has a lot of followers and she goes as "sarah lasker" on flickr. Her photographs are of a wide variety including still life, portraits etc.

In this picture, the little girl is trying to take a picture of the dog. In the description of this picture, Sarah Lasker made a comment about how she was starting early with photography. Of course this may have been a joke but it could also connect to the education theme.