On a photographic note, did anyone hear about the controversial shots taken by Jill Greenberg in which she gave babies candy and then took it away to make them cry and photographed those children? (For more on this, you can check out this article)
Some people are calling it child abuse.
What do you think? Is doing something like this for the sake of art really abuse? Or is it simply something that would challenge the boundaries of acceptable behaviour by adults?
If it is abuse, then what about those people who videotape their children participating in activities that are potentially harmful and then submitting them to programs like America's Funniest Videos? Is that not abuse as well?
Okay. So I did look at the photos she's taken. Not really my cup of tea and they are highly manipulated for effect. Personally, I don't think they are really that "powerful" because her "tweaking" of them makes them look more like caricatures. I feel that if she had done the photos without taking candy away from babies, and had them actually crying, they might have been more interesting.
Abuse? Well, it wasn't very nice but it's not like she was stealing the children or taking away their family.
What do you think?
Some people are calling it child abuse.
What do you think? Is doing something like this for the sake of art really abuse? Or is it simply something that would challenge the boundaries of acceptable behaviour by adults?
If it is abuse, then what about those people who videotape their children participating in activities that are potentially harmful and then submitting them to programs like America's Funniest Videos? Is that not abuse as well?
Okay. So I did look at the photos she's taken. Not really my cup of tea and they are highly manipulated for effect. Personally, I don't think they are really that "powerful" because her "tweaking" of them makes them look more like caricatures. I feel that if she had done the photos without taking candy away from babies, and had them actually crying, they might have been more interesting.
Abuse? Well, it wasn't very nice but it's not like she was stealing the children or taking away their family.
What do you think?
2 Comments:
Well, I'm not going to argue the definition of abuse, but clearly the photographer is pretty nasty and self-absorbed.
I wouldn't call it abuse, really... but if it is, shouldn't the parents of the children be responsible rather?
Anyway, yeah, I've looked into her portfolio, I'm not so much into her photography. With me, I'd much prefer the simple approach on things.
Happy Monday Lola [even tho it's 9/11. :-(]
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