CMAC was invited by American Embassy to design an exhibition on the eve of visit of president Barack Obama. The exhibition was mounted at the American Center, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, from November 1st till November 30. Curated by photographer, filmmaker and graphic designer Parthiv Shah, the exhibition, titled U. S. President Barack Obama showed the various sides...
Mere Paas Raho
Mere Paas Raho, an audio CD As part of a centenary tribute to the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, CMAC produced an audio CD called Mere Paas Raho. The CD includes an array of songs composed and performed by Vidya Shah, based on the work of Faiz. Mere Paas Raho was produced in collaboration with the Faiz...
Art as Witness/ Voices of Dignity
Art As Witness Art As Witness was a photo-exhibition curated by Parthiv Shah and jointly conceived by CMAC & Amnesty International, India. The exhibition featured images by eminent photographers from all over the world on the harsh realities of day-to-day life as experienced by ordinary people in South Asian zones; and specifically, of infringes from...
National Workshop on ‘Unorganized Sector and Role of Media’
The unorganized sector plays a vital role in terms of providing employment opportunities to large segment of the working force in the country, and also contributing to the National Product remarkably. According to the NSSO survey (1990-2000), out of total workforce of 397 million, only 28 million workers are employed in the organized sector...
Working In The Mill No More
Published by the Oxford University Press, “Working in the mill no more” tells the story of the rise and decline of Ahmedabad’s 120,000 textile mill workers with more than 200 powerful images and an intense narrative. Photographed and designed by Parthiv Shah, the book has been authored by the eminent scholar on Labor rights...
National Aids Control Organization: HIV Radio Spots
CMAC produced radio spots for the National Aids Control Organization (NACO). The aim of these radio spots was to address and the discrimination against AIDS patients and the stigma around HIV-AIDS. Listen to the radio spots:...
UNAIDS: People Plus
CMAC designed and edited a photo-book commissioned by UNAIDS, titled “People Plus” for the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, (ICAAP) in the Asia Pacific, Australia, 2001. The objective of the book was to push for greater visibility to the realities of HIV/AIDS in India....
Talking HIV and Gender: Media and Messaging
In an effort to facilitate an understanding of and encourage action on the vulnerability of women to HIV/AIDS, CMAC in collaboration with Women Feature Service and UNIFEM, created a handbook, “Talking HIV and Gender- Media and Messaging”....
Engender Health
CMAC worked with Engender Health on encouraging positive prevention amongst men. The project involved working closely with regional networks of HIV-positive people by capacity building through training, creating toolkits and advocacy products like posters. View Workshop Photographs...
CHARCA
The “CHARCA” project is a joint partnership between government, NGOs, donors, and the UN System (ILO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNODC, WHO and UNAIDS). It seeks to address the feminization of HIV and move towards the empowerment of women. CMAC has been documenting (through film, print and advocacy programs) women’s vulnerability to HIV...