I was linking to the whole series, (I liked the "censorship" one with the stitched lips a lot) but yes, it does. A lot of photojournalism is parasitic...
In an overly mediated world where everyone is throwing themselves in front of the cameras to show off, most media images feel manufactured, as much by the subjects as by the photographer. In this context, parasitic photography seems more "honest", where if the photographer still has a part in the "making" of a photograph, at least the subject seems* more genuine.
*I mean, for all we know the photographer could have given that woman a few hundred rupees to lay down and act this out, but that's probably not the case :]
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Date: 2005-02-22 11:10 am (UTC)In an overly mediated world where everyone is throwing themselves in front of the cameras to show off, most media images feel manufactured, as much by the subjects as by the photographer. In this context, parasitic photography seems more "honest", where if the photographer still has a part in the "making" of a photograph, at least the subject seems* more genuine.
*I mean, for all we know the photographer could have given that woman a few hundred rupees to lay down and act this out, but that's probably not the case :]