Worth Watching: Magnum Access to Life Project, and Ed Kashi on NPR

Eight Magnum photographers spent time photographing thirty people in 9 countries around the world, both before and 4 months after starting antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. From MSNBC.com: Tobha Nzima lost her 8-year-old son and two partners to AIDS and was near death herself, but after taking free antiretroviral drugs she got better. Tobha’s story and many others are depicted by Magnum photographers in “Access to Life,” a multimedia project funded by The Global Fund to document efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in nine nations. NBC’s Ann Curry reports. You can see the full Access to Life project, or the images in a slideshow on MSNBC.com.

Also worth checking out: yesterday’s edition of Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR featured photojournalist Ed Kashi talking about his work and new book, Curse of the Black Gold, covering the last 50 years of the effect oil has had on the Niger Delta.  Listen to the interview.