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Reality check for coffee drinkers
04/10/2002
Scotland's coffee drinkers were today encouraged to
consider their cuppa and think of fair trade.
At the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow, Tourism
and Culture Minister Mike Watson launched an exhibition of
photographs illustrating the plight of coffee growers in
Haiti and Mexico.
The exhibition, part of Oxfam's, 'What's That in Your
Coffee?' campaign, presents the work of internationally
recognised photographers Zed Nelson and Janet Jarman.
The Minister said:
"This exhibition is something of a reality check,
forcing us to come face to face with the consequences of
skewed commercial trading practices that involve all of us
here today.
"The images on display are not only beautifully crafted
studies but are powerful tools for social change. They
demonstrate the diversity of artistic media and graphically
illustrate that art can and does matter in many ways
-economic, social, cultural and political - to all.
"These photographs are representative of art can make a
real difference in narrowing the gap between the advantaged
and the disadvantaged."