Pic of the Day
Pic of the Day
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- Amazing shot, but is it an edit of the one in front of the iron shutters?hardhat
- I honestly find this type of photography a little exploitative. Hiding behind a long lens, shooting people down on their luck.mort_
- I know what you mean, but we somehow have to vicerally feel how fucked up things are for other people to really empathise. A photo captures so muchIanbolton
- @hardhat I think it's from a different angle. He does heavily edit his photos.PhanLo
- @Ianbolton I feel there's something much more authentic about street photography when the photographer is not capturing a scene from a distance.mort_
- Don't get me started on Photoshopping!mort_
- There is such a thing as disaster porn, but this image is not that. I think people need to be exposed to the suffering and hardships others are facing.futurefood
- It’s important and it does lead to change.futurefood
- Yeah this sucksStoicLevels
- I think there are good-hearted photographers that aren't just engaging in disaster porn. The world isn't a pretty place, and maybe it needs to be made known.garbage
- There is a pain that comes with trying to show problematic things. Look at Kevin Carter. Won a Pulitzer for his work, and killed himself out of grief.garbage
- It's just a boring compositionStoicLevels