Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others

Re:Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others by brenschluss on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @10:15PM (#10511422)

Photography never "speaks for itself"; photography is usually a pretty heavy-handed imposition of meaning through the use of composition, tone, framing, editing.

To call photography subtle is incorrect; it's a violent imposition of meaning onto the subject, by the photographer.

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Re:Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others by nikatwork on Thursday November 05, 2015 @01:09AM (#10511895)

I saw three different photos from three different sources of the same scene from the Palestine-Israel conflict. They told wildly different stories.

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Re:Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others by acjohnson55 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @11:54PM (#10511690)

Interesting point of view. And when it comes to photography of humans, it's pretty difficult to take a photo without having the act of taking a photo affect the subject, both in how they are depicted, how they feel, and the impact of publicity.

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