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The Sound of Silence: Who would you photograph? [Open discussion]

Here on the global tolerance HQ on the Thames, we like to end each day with a shared silence. Sometimes we will use these 60 seconds to reflect on our day or a topic of our choosing.

After being inspired by an exhibition of Beat era photography during a team outing on Monday night, Nick asked us which group of people we would like to photograph.

Which inspiring group would you capture in a series of still images if you had the chance?

The dialogue that comes out of these silences is always rewarding, and we would like to invite you to participate by joining our conversation in the comment section below.

Whether or not you’d like to reflect for 60 seconds first is up to you.

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Comment by Simon Cohen on February 25, 2011 at 11:05: This is a really interesting question! I've never really considered it before. I think I'd like to photograph my ancestors, at different levels in the family tree. I find that some of the things I live / don't like about my family or myself can be better understood through an understanding of our roots. Would some of these traits and characteristics be discernable from still photos? Would we be able to see those idiosyncrasies flow at different levels of the family tree? Probably not if I'm taking it, but this is why photography is such an art!

Comment by Nick Ripley on February 23, 2011 at 12:46: Further details of the case can be found on the BBC website (and other places)

Comment by Nick Ripley on February 23, 2011 at 12:44: I would like to have been the photographer at mobile open air court in Baraka. In the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo Lt Col Kibibi Mutware has just been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the systematic use of rape, the military judges also sentenced three officers serving under Lt Col Mutware to 20 years and five soldiers to between 10 and 15 years.

It is rare that this horrific crime is reported, it is rarer still that courts are able to successfully prosecute the perpetrators. As a photographer I would have wanted to use the work to bring the reactions of the people affected by this to wider attention, and to illustrate that the mechanisms of justice can work, and can be flexible. The ability of the court to be mobile, to travel in order to secure the 49 crucial witnesses for the prosecution, was vital. Something many justice systems should learn from.