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James Nachtwey's TED Wish to Change The World

James Nachtwey's TED Wish to Change The World Picture

One of the great photographers, an untold story

James Nachtwey won the TED Prize in 2007. He used it to take pictures of an under-reported health issue now affecting 50 countries across the world. We are helping him break and spread his images in London.
James Nachtwey has taken pictures of a major health issue effecting countries across the whole globe.  With the support of the TED conference (you probably know the website) he is breaking these images in a series of public projections and events around the world. The images will be unveiled in London on the fly-tower of The National Theatre on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October. A gallery called 'The Emergency Room' will open between October 7th and 22nd where you can view the photographs and an instillation tracking how they are traveling around the world. A group of researchers from Demos and a coalition of artists and designers will be working in the gallery experimenting with new ways of distributing news photography in the digital age.

The project raises an issue that questions aid agencies and governments across the world. But in trying to tell an untold news story in new ways it asks questions about the power of images, how news will travel in the future and how information translates into action in a digital age. The project is about a health issue, but it is also about the future of news. The project will come to a close at a TED/Demos event in London during the last week of October. Supported by TED, Demos and James Nachtwey the event will bring together public intellectuals, journalists, campaigners, activists and politicians to reflect on the story of how and where James Nachtwey's images travelled and imagine the future of news photography in the digital age.

To see the images break visit The National Theatre on the South Bank, 8pm-11pm, Fri 3rd October /Sat 4th October.

The Emergency Room at The Bacon Street project will be open 12pm-7pm (not Mondays) Tues Oct 7th - Wed 22nd. It's just off brick lane.

To find out more, visit the project here
or just follow it on flickr, youtube and delicious.