Comments on: Fisheye Life Portrait http://seandavisphotographic.com/blog/fisheye-life-portrait/ Tue, 31 May 2011 16:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: admin http://seandavisphotographic.com/blog/fisheye-life-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 admin Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:21:26 +0000 http://seandavisphotographic.com/blog/?p=403#comment-2871 Good comment Otman, I get what you are saying. I have 2 points however. You mention "perpetuates the stereotype of poor and uneducated", well she is poor and undereducated, that is the point of the photograph. She is also studying above and beyond what is required, and advancing past her parents and peers, past being a campesina. She is rising up, and that is the inspiration. We can all relate to that, no matter where we are from. The second point is a problem with the internet. When you write "young girl" and follow it with a Latin American country, you get people looking for photos that have nothing to do with education and everything to do with exploitation. It is sad but true, and not something that I want attached to this kid which I have a great respect for. It is a sick world man, and as a photographer I get some gnarly spam. Thanks for the response Otman. Good comment Otman, I get what you are saying.
I have 2 points however. You mention “perpetuates the stereotype of poor and uneducated”, well she is poor and undereducated, that is the point of the photograph. She is also studying above and beyond what is required, and advancing past her parents and peers, past being a campesina. She is rising up, and that is the inspiration. We can all relate to that, no matter where we are from.

The second point is a problem with the internet. When you write “young girl” and follow it with a Latin American country, you get people looking for photos that have nothing to do with education and everything to do with exploitation. It is sad but true, and not something that I want attached to this kid which I have a great respect for. It is a sick world man, and as a photographer I get some gnarly spam.

Thanks for the response Otman.

]]> By: Otman Estrada http://seandavisphotographic.com/blog/fisheye-life-portrait/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 Otman Estrada Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:44:13 +0000 http://seandavisphotographic.com/blog/?p=403#comment-2863 Nice photos! About the text, how about using "a young girl"? Using the word "campesina" has a bad connotation in most Latin American countries, and perpetuates the stereotype of poor and uneducated. Nice photos! About the text, how about using “a young girl”? Using the word “campesina” has a bad connotation in most Latin American countries, and perpetuates the stereotype of poor and uneducated.

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