Sthembiso Sithole
Photographers are there to do what they do best and they are not there to be part of a story or to change the meaning of the photo.
South Africans have expressed their views and feelings about the fact that Daily Dispatch newspaper has placed the photo of a dead baby in the front page. In most papers the headlines were; Horror of the recent Daily Dispatch front page of a dead baby; what do you think of the front page of today’s Daily Dispatch?
Well in respond to those headlines and to the question whether the Daily Dispatch was right or wrong in printing the photo. This is what I think. Photos are what keeps the town talking and photos in a newspaper are aimed to send a message and to alert the community of what is happening around them.
The photo adds significance in the story and this story was best told with this photo. The public can’t ignore the fact that there are many mothers who put their ten day children in danger. For the fact that it got people talking, I believe it raised awareness about what is happening and the impact of children being raised by mothers who take drugs.
The thing about this photo, most readers have viewed it in a negative way only forgetting the message behind it. I think they should take time and review the photo in another angle.
Photographers are there to do what they do best and they are not there to be part of a story or to change the meaning of the photo.
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| A photo of a ten day dead baby in a bin |
Well in respond to those headlines and to the question whether the Daily Dispatch was right or wrong in printing the photo. This is what I think. Photos are what keeps the town talking and photos in a newspaper are aimed to send a message and to alert the community of what is happening around them.
The photo adds significance in the story and this story was best told with this photo. The public can’t ignore the fact that there are many mothers who put their ten day children in danger. For the fact that it got people talking, I believe it raised awareness about what is happening and the impact of children being raised by mothers who take drugs.
The thing about this photo, most readers have viewed it in a negative way only forgetting the message behind it. I think they should take time and review the photo in another angle.
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