Sunday, October 17, 2010

Banquet against hunger


By the time you finish reading this caption, a child in the world will have died of hunger... To raise awareness on this dramatic fact, Action against hunger (Action contre la faim, in French) organized a clever event on the Champs de Mars, à Paris: a banquet against hunger! Not a real one, but a one symbolized by 10 000 plates. Click here to see a broader view, or here to view a little video taken from opposite the Eiffel Tower (I did not take it myself, just FYI).

12 comments:

  1. Very dramatic, Eric, and—I sincerely hope—very effective. Love the links, btw.

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  2. I hope it's effective, too. It certainly makes a statement.

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  3. The first sentence of your caption says it all. I like the focus you made on the word "Banque" as a meaning of an "order" in a certain way. Without your post, I would not have known the event was taking place on Champs de mars.
    Thank you for you've enlighted me Eric, once again.

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  4. The French are certainly masters of the PR campaign. This is brilliant and marvellous to bring awareness to such a sad fact, in the hope of a solution.

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  5. The French always come up with creative ways to sell or get their point across. This is sobering. I too hope that is creates change.
    V

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  6. It's SO sad that this is a fact in todays world. But what a clever way to put focus on the subject.

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  7. Thanks for posting this Eric - we all need to be aware of this and do whatever we can to help those in need.

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  8. A powerful image, and I'm sorry I missed it. But what can we do? Do they suggest something concrete?

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  9. It is a sobering thought that even in this day and age people die from hunger, and not just in what we would consider "third world" countries, but all around us. Thank you for the reminder, and may we do something about it.

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  10. I checked out the video it is amazing overall. Though i love the photo more

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  11. Great shotts. Especially the angle is perfect

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  12. Great shotts. Especially the angle is perfect

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