Patricia Kingori

Aug 23, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Jonathan Shaffer |Sonya de Laat |Michael Parker |Patricia Kingori

ABSTRACTGlobal health photography has historically been commissioned and, therefore, dominated by the gaze of Western photographers on assignments in the Global South. This is changing as part of international calls to decolonise global health and stimulate ‘empowerment’, spawning a growing initiative to hire local photographers. This article, based on interviews with global health photographers, reflects on this paradigm shift.

Apr 10, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Patricia Kingori |Scott Timcke

Throughout 2022 and 2023, generative AI tools that allow people to create images in a matter of seconds based on a text prompt became a subject of heated public debate. Racism, sexism, and exaggeration are common keywords that accompany the analysis of such effortlessly generated images. While generative AI spreads across the globe and finds its applied use in advertisements, marketing, and communication, a sharp question arises: Is artificial and unbiased representation even possible?

Aug 9, 2023 | thelancet.com | Patricia Kingori

The Health Policy paper of Esmita Charani and colleagues,1Charani E Shariq S Cardoso Pinto AM et al. The use of imagery in global health: an analysis of infectious disease documents and a framework to guide practice. Lancet Glob Health. 11: e155-e164 showed how stereotypical global health tropes (such as the so-called suffering subject and white saviour) can be perpetuated through the images chosen to illustrate publications on global health.