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It's hard to explain exactly what i find discomforting about this photograph.
Ineloquently:
the framing of the exuberant, animated (focused) American rockstar by bored, suspicious (blurry) Chinese security is brilliant.
Without mentioning our assumptions about China, it innocuously reaffirms them. This is a concert. There were tons of Chinese fans there. Why show this?
I feel uncomfortable talking about something i know nothing about, but...
the brilliance of photography is that it lets you discover things naturally... When someone preaches in a film it is glaringly apparent, but in photography the sermon hides inside the framing...
2 comments:
have you seen the film Elephant? if not, do watch. think about this blog post as you do.
(frank)
I would consider that photograph to be pretty glaringly obvious and preachy in its intent, its just artfully done.
having one frame to glance at just enables the photographer to manipulate you differently than one would with film, but that seems to be a different issue in of itself.
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