tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post809045219294746983..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Prevailing sentimentBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-65769120641502429132010-02-14T20:43:14.739-08:002010-02-14T20:43:14.739-08:00Well, I thought I gave it a fairly decent shot in ...Well, I thought I gave it a fairly decent shot in my first sentence!<br /><br />Hey, if it was easy...Stan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-21064149835546410942010-02-13T18:51:54.114-08:002010-02-13T18:51:54.114-08:00But what is the distinction exactly? I'm not s...But what is the distinction exactly? I'm not saying there isn't one but I'm wrestling with how to describe it clearly.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-28381472458682992622010-02-13T10:01:05.326-08:002010-02-13T10:01:05.326-08:00I think one may make a distinction between a profe...I think one may make a distinction between a professional who covers a myriad of wildly ranging assignments, and those who are not only disaster paparazzi, but venture capitalists directly marketing off the misfortune of others.<br /><br />This approach wouldn't be viable here (at least not right now), but it is an interesting alternative to documenting the misfortunes of others:<br />http://www.evaleitolf.de/GI001.htmlStan B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17381743002180926900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-49482379058956300892010-02-13T09:49:12.534-08:002010-02-13T09:49:12.534-08:00without more information than the immediate disast...without more information than the immediate disaster the victims become cliches of desperation, agony, death, looting, etc. The reportage attempts to document, as it should, but it lacks depth and history, and creates a skewed idea of the people and the country.<br />Same with Iraq...how often are the civic leaders, human rights advocates, poets, artists, intellectuals, scientists given media attention?<br /><br />if you read spanish, La Jornada, included more than disaster in their Haiti supplement.<br /><br />http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/01/31/sem-cara.htmlbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319369552556788448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-88140035468353725002010-02-13T08:28:46.516-08:002010-02-13T08:28:46.516-08:00Well, that's the point. I think people wind up...Well, that's the point. I think people wind up making those sorts of photos because they work well on the front pages. Instant emotion, instant connection. But photographically they don't push any boundaries. And maybe they aren't meant to? I don't know. I just thought the contrast in reactions was interesting.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-87986086990742200882010-02-12T12:44:35.495-08:002010-02-12T12:44:35.495-08:00The entire field is obsessed with suffering, isn&#...The entire field is obsessed with suffering, isn't it? I wonder if any top awards have been awarded recently to non-suffering coverage. It would be fine if it was half and half coverage between suffering and more positive, constructive, long term projects, but there isn't.<br /><br />An audience drawn to drama is surely a part of it. Maybe more reason to expect the big honchos in PJ to run their operations less for profit and more for higher principles. But what can you say when a man has to make a living?Jinhttp://www.killeryellow.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-86542683191206901492010-02-12T12:05:03.150-08:002010-02-12T12:05:03.150-08:00Interesting thoughts. I always thought I was missi...Interesting thoughts. I always thought I was missing something when I couldn't see the real point in glorifying these types of documentary photography (go to a disaster and document it). In a way, they are necessary to be shallow on a certain level. I mean, pathos is pathos, real or staged, and although inevitable, I can't see how can a simple documentary story of a disaster be labelled as deep, artistic or anything similar - other than moving, which it is because people universally feel empathy.mozdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428246742489376637noreply@blogger.com