{"id":821,"date":"2012-04-09T15:09:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T20:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=821"},"modified":"2015-02-24T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T20:10:51","slug":"821","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/821\/","title":{"rendered":"COM alumnus named a \u2018photographer to watch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photojournalism alumnus <strong>Peter DiCampo (&#8217;05)<\/strong> is 1 of 30 &#8220;new and emerging photographers to watch,&#8221; according to a new feature by <em>Photo District News<\/em>, the leading photography magazine in the country.<\/p>\n<p>From PDN&#8217;s profile of DiCampo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DiCampo was attracted to photography by an interest in the exotic. &#8220;I assumed I would photograph conflict,&#8221; he says. But &#8220;the exotic became familiar&#8221; in Ghana, and he became more interested &#8220;in communicating specific issues and trying to connect people.&#8221; Following advice he&#8217;d been given in the VII Mentor Program, he&#8217;s been using his photography to engage with NGOs, energy companies and other audiences. &#8220;I&#8217;ve used these opportunities to contribute to the dialogue on energy poverty; I&#8217;ve found a voice.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pdn30.pdnevents.com\/gallery\/2012\/?contest=dicampo\">See DiCampo&#8217;s photos at PDN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>COM Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/2010\/10\/20\/peter-dicampo\/\">&#8220;In Ghana, nights without lights&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photojournalism alumnus Peter DiCampo (&#8217;05) is 1 of 30 &#8220;new and emerging photographers to watch,&#8221; according to a new feature&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9874,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[53,77,78,6,353,354,128],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/821\/revisions\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}