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By Fledermaus
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28 December 2007 |
In the newspaper there was this picture of the corpses where mrs. Buttho was killed. Why can't the press show these people some respect? Half naked bodies Corpses without clothes Torn away with force When a madman struck Why did you show them? The sensation press? Does violence sell? Show them dignity You disrespect death Like their murderer Disrespected life May they rest in peace Away from your front page |
Written by Phil (6730 comments posted) 28th December 2007 | You distaste shows through very well in this piece.
I've not seen the pictures, but I can imagine. I have mixed feelings. Hard hitting reportage photography can have a real impact for change. The west has a rich history of photojournalism that has touched many.
Not quite the same thing - but something I was thinking about earlier. In the UK, probably about twenty years now, was the first Band Aid. I'll never forget a film of starving and dying mothers and children accompanied by music from The Cars - Who's gonna drive home? Appallingly sentimental and deliberately tuned and tweaked to pull the heart strings. But, it did the trick. People gave in their millions. Being told people were starving to death wasn't enough - seeing it was.
Very interesting....
Phil. | Hi
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 28th December 2007 | From my own point of view I think that the photos you saw are of course upsetting but, and their is always a but, as Phil as stated the public exposure to what happens, goes on in the world is importent.
I think that the event of courageous tele-vision and press photography as had a great impact on how we see ourselves and others
as Phil as stated and I will go on from that, the first tv pics out of Ehiopia i think that I saw were on a report by I think Michael Burke on the BBC, myself and millions of others had never, ever seen such a report, that one tv report I think is very instrumental on how the outlook of ordinary people as been changed and is, now more aware of what goes on | part 2
Written by maipenrai (783 comments posted) 28th December 2007 | In Vietnam the work of War Photoghers changed the view of the war for millions of American people, it changed for better or worse the outcome of that war.
Last point, I was in Beiruit at the time of the civil war, a French Female Photograher to a pic of members of the Phalange ( Christien Militia) standing around the body of an elderly Palestine woman they had killed, one of the guys had his foot on her body like she was some kind of trophy, he had a "rose in his mouth" and was playing a mandolin, the group of guys were all smiles and goodwill to mankind.
that photo again had tremendous impact worldwide/
sorry, bit of a rant, but I sincerly feel that we should be exposed to what goes on, we are not taking away the dignity of the victims, we are in fact the opposite in that we are in some small way giving them some kind of regonition.
Bernie | Dignity
Written by embro (126 comments posted) 29th December 2007 | I like the sentiment of your piece.
I think shock tactics using graphic images might work in certain situations on an occasional basis but they lose their effectiveness if continually repeated.
I think news journalism now is becoming more sensationalist and the world is becoming de-sensitized.
They should show some respect.
Your poem is also a good way of highlighting topics that may otherwise be overlooked.
All the best
embro | Dignity
Written by Josie (2785 comments posted) 29th December 2007 | | Your poem is absolutely right. We always say the same thing. You hear that someone has been killed and the stupid reporters go to the grieving relatives and say "And how do you feel?" or similar words. Then we say: "How would anyone feel?" It is way over the top. It is not necessary to see such terrible things to realize what has happened. Quite right. Oh - a happy New Year Fledermaus. |
Written by Fledermaus (3301 comments posted) 29th December 2007 | Thanks Phil, Bernie, Embro and Josie.
I agree that gruesome images could help to shake people up and to make them aware.
But the thing is that I wasn't so much shocked by the fact that there were mutilated corpses in the paper, but rather that this photographer had the nerve to take a picture of them in such a humiliating position (naked and scattered around) probably even before their relatives heard they had died. And then that some editor in a country far away in his cosy office decided to print them in his paper hoping it'd sell better.
It's not so much the pictures of bloodshed that shocked me, for I already heard that on the radio, but rather that these photographers and editors could be so disrespectful towards the dead.
It's one of those things I also dislike about the 'world press photo' awards. What about the people IN the picture? Drowning people, starving people, killed people... And some bloke with a camera makes a living out of their suffering, instead of helping them.
It remind me of vultures and jackals...
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