A young woman snips oregano leaves, preparing them for the dryer, after which they will be packaged and sold. She is a participant in a project the Government of Canada and its partners funded to help Bolivian farmers diversity their crops. More than…
A photographer's eye for composition can give an added dimension to a "slice of life" shot, offering a glimpse of how people dress and what their homes look like. Here, two men, possibly a father and an uncle in Sololá, Guatemala, watch with pride…
In 1991, we commissioned a photo shoot in Africa to document the effects of HIV/AIDS, during which photographer Bruce Paton captured this remarkable photo illustrating the enduring power of a photographic image to convey human emotion. This young…
Daybreak dawns on October 28, 1994, in Mozambique. This is a very special day: it is the first time Mozambique has held democratic elections.
In the village of Boane, west of the capital, Maputo, hundreds of voters wait for the polling station,…
This image represents the style of photos commonly used in the mid-1980s to illustrate international development: a shot of simple rural life on a typical peasant farm in Egypt.
The composition of this pleasant, whimsical image is a tapestry of…
This boy lived in Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, South Africa. He played on a street fenced by barbed wire. This neighbourhood was just one of many that experienced violence and civil unrest during the turbulent times when apartheid laws had just…
This small boy works long hours in the Muslim quarter of Jaipur, India, inside a dark, dust-filled room where gems are polished. He should be in school but works to earn money to help his family survive.
Canada has for many years supported action…
The Africa Directions Bauze Community Youth Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, offers the only HIV/AIDS program aimed at youth aged 18-25 in this area. The centre provides recreational facilities and services that include games and sport, voluntary testing…
What do we see here? A moment in time, capturing the exuberance of youth, the sun's dazzling brightness shimmering on the water's surface, the play of light and shadow against the children's silhouettes. Note the little human detail in the…
The gaze of this young man is intense. He is photographed in contemporary dress in a traditional village in the Embu region of Kenya. We note the bold, horizontal bands of saturated colour and the asymmetry of the young man resting with his back…