20 minutes to better understand what my earlier post was about. Chimamanda Adichietalks about literature but photography is as much a guilty member of this . We should no longer be the instruments of intellectual colonization.
Next time you embark on a photo shoot, think of where your story will fit in the perception of the country, continent and culture you are about to photograph.
i made a similar point, using africa as an example, in a post on my blog site – i link it here to offer a ‘hear hear’ to your earlier post and this one đŸ™‚
http://arafiqui.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/staying-faithful-to-the-totality-of-experience-or-new-frontiers-in-photography/
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As a stock photographer, you need to feed the hoaxes and the stereotypes of your (Western) customers. No room for reality or truth. Advertisements is all about lies.