大象传媒

Five audio-makers from around the world take over The Essay to offer a series of Radio 3's innovative Between the Ears features in miniature. Each edition takes an image as its starting point - from an audio-maker who finds herself caught in a news image to a painting come to life.

In To Have/To Hold, Aliya Pabani pieces together fragmentary memories of a protest from the news images taken that day. Standing trying to hold a line around a homeless encampment in Toronto, photo journalists are drawn to her striking red coat amidst a sea of police. One photo in particular, an image from Al Jazeera, catches her eye. As she faces a line of cops, a woman she doesn't know embraces her from behind with the appearance of tender stillness. A look at the multitude of stories a news image can tell and how far they can go to capture reality.

Sound designed by Jesse Perlstein
Produced by Aliya Pabani
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 3