An exhibition from the pages of Dispatches’ first five issues will be held in Bar 61, 3 rue de l’Oise, Paris. The exhibition opens at 7 p.m. on 20 October and runs until 1 November 2009. Dispatches is a quarterly that has been conceived “to fit somewhere between Gutenberg and Google, a lively source of fresh knowledge about a world changing at warp speed in a format for people who savour the heft of words and images on paper”. The exhibition features photographs by Antonin Kratochvil, Yuri Kozyrev, Seamus Murphy, Gary Knight and Philip Blenkinsop.

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The 61 presents, from October 20th until November 1st, the quarterly dispatches with an exhibition featuring the photographers in the five first issues: Antonin Kratochvil, Yuri Kozyrev, Seamus Murphy, Gary Knight, Philip Blenkinsop. Vernissage begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20. Mort Rosenblum, co-editor of dispatches, will lead a discussion.

dispatches aims to help meet a desperate need in a 21st-century world that can barely keep up with itself. As resources dwindle fast, human ability to wreak havoc develops at a harrowing pace. There are no solutions, only promising directions. Each quarter, we focus on a single critical subject to reach beyond what and who to the more crucial why and what can be done?

Photographer Gary Knight and reporter Mort Rosenblum conceived the idea while trying to cover major stories within the restraints of “mainstream media.” Simba Gill, a biochemist-entrepreneur with a conscience, joined in. dispatches was founded with a handshake on Rosenblum’s boat in Paris and launched with Champagne at Angkor Wat.

Writers and photographers get up close to reflect reality without editorial pressures or commercial constraints. Fresh reporting is fit into content and a historical continuum. We seek to spark curiosity, inspire discussion, and affect change. With fresh design and approach, we aim for wide appeal. But we are rooted in journalistic integrity, credibility, and accountability.

“In America,” our first issue, set the tone. Muzamil Jaleel, a Kashmiri reporter of dazzling skill, toured the country as a Borat-for-real. Antonin Kratochvil photographed an America he knows well. Paul Theroux and Samantha Power explained why Americans often miss world realities.

“Beyond Iraq” showed dramatically the wider impact of a pointless war. “On Russia” depicted the world’s first energy superpower. “Out of Poverty” made clear that growing inequalities threaten us all, poor or rich. And now “Endgame” shows that “climate change” is about far more than climate.

You can find us online at www.rethink-dispatches.com.

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