2008 Woodie Awards
Photojournalist opens eyes at SHU
Stone captures conflicts from around the world
Laura Smith
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: News
Les Stone, a photographer from upstate N.Y., has taken pictures all over the world.
While trekking through the diamond fields of Africa, to the streets of Haiti, Stone has taken photographs of things the media today does not even provide for the public.
"It is shocking to see how much is really going on in the world," said sophomore Kalani Efstathiou.
Stone came to Sacred Heart University on Monday, Apr. 21 and spoke to an audience of 50 in the Schine Auditorium. He provided an intense clip of photographs he has taken over the past 20 years, in an assortment of locations all over the world.
Stone's presentation was part of Photography in a "Digital World: A Vision Project Lecture Series." It was sponsored by the Sacred Heart department of Media Studies and Digital Culture and Nikon, entitled, "My Heart of Darkness," which is what Stone described to be what his photos represent.
"We do this because an important part of college is to get out of class and get involved with humanitarian work and the humanities outside what we know," said Dr. James Castonguay, Media Studies and Digital Culture department chair.
Stone began getting involved in photography in college while shooting photos on the weekends at a factory in Springfield, Mass. He then realized he wanted to photograph the truth about what was really happening in the world.
After college Stone turned photography into a career. He traveled to Haiti in 1987 and began his life long experience of what he continues to do today- photograph the emotions of people all over the world, going through all sorts of problems that people don't address.
"Les Stone put himself at risk to document human rights abuses so that we can hopefully act and help," said Castonguay.
Stone guided the audience through a series of pictures that were first taken in the diamond fields of Africa where people were forced into finding diamonds, while children were being trained to be in an army.
While trekking through the diamond fields of Africa, to the streets of Haiti, Stone has taken photographs of things the media today does not even provide for the public.
"It is shocking to see how much is really going on in the world," said sophomore Kalani Efstathiou.
Stone came to Sacred Heart University on Monday, Apr. 21 and spoke to an audience of 50 in the Schine Auditorium. He provided an intense clip of photographs he has taken over the past 20 years, in an assortment of locations all over the world.
Stone's presentation was part of Photography in a "Digital World: A Vision Project Lecture Series." It was sponsored by the Sacred Heart department of Media Studies and Digital Culture and Nikon, entitled, "My Heart of Darkness," which is what Stone described to be what his photos represent.
"We do this because an important part of college is to get out of class and get involved with humanitarian work and the humanities outside what we know," said Dr. James Castonguay, Media Studies and Digital Culture department chair.
Stone began getting involved in photography in college while shooting photos on the weekends at a factory in Springfield, Mass. He then realized he wanted to photograph the truth about what was really happening in the world.
After college Stone turned photography into a career. He traveled to Haiti in 1987 and began his life long experience of what he continues to do today- photograph the emotions of people all over the world, going through all sorts of problems that people don't address.
"Les Stone put himself at risk to document human rights abuses so that we can hopefully act and help," said Castonguay.
Stone guided the audience through a series of pictures that were first taken in the diamond fields of Africa where people were forced into finding diamonds, while children were being trained to be in an army.
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