Guardian.UK: Photographer criticised by indigenous people and Survival International.
When the indigenous have a voice (thanks to modern tech), all the photos (and photographers) of their culture get harshly judged. Travel photography no longer exists in a vacuum. The exposure can make even famed photogs’ images look like the equivalent of the Wal-Mart butt-crack snapshooters; just as exploitative, and just as misleading.
[Caveat: I know nothing of this book or this project, so I will not judge it. I’m merely using it as a lever for a larger opinion. I’ve been pondering the bigger issues of old-fashioned National Geo travel photography for a while now.]
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