Thoughtful comments Ken and others. I agree that photography can be a
powerful tool for social change. I just don't like to see people taken
advantage of for the purpose of sensationalistic 'journalism' - I'm thinking
here about what passes too frequently for 'news' in the U.S., and is often
associated not so much with photography, but with someone getting a video
camera stuck in their face and being asked how they feel that their spouse
was just murdered, or some such asinine question.
As you Ken, just my person feelings, and it strikes a bit of a chord with me
as well. That's the last I'll say, as I'd rather talk about how I can
improve my photography skills and learn from all the experience on the list.
Paul C
Weegee would never have been able to make it in today's news coverage.
>
> How about all those Pulitzer winning photographs from the past? There was
> recent discussion of the photo of Jack Ruby shooting Oswald. That photo
> would never run now. What about Boris Yaro's iconic photo of Robert Kennedy
> laying on the floor? These are photographs of tragic events, but without
> these photographs, we as a society may not change.
>
> As long as we fail to put a face to car accidents caused by drunken
> drivers,
> for example, we as a society won't take ownership in the solution. Whether
> or not we WANT to see blood, guts and even death, without seeing it, we
> have
> no ownership in solving the problems.
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