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Archive for September 2nd, 2005
Ethical Issues Surrounding Disaster Photos
I find a lot of the photos coming out of the disaster area disturbing. Like the photo on today's front page of the New York Times, showing a body floating face down. Or this photo on the Los Angeles Times Web site, which makes MSNBC.com's precaution with a certain photo...
Read More Race and Hurricane Katrina
I've wondered why the images coming out of Hurricane Katrina seem to be dominated by black people -- stranded on the highway, lingering at the Superdome, being rescued from the water and rooftops. The images that I can recall of white, non-elderly people show them retrieving possessions from flooded homes,...
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