I will feel very guilty to eat for a long time to come after seeing this picture. May God bless his heart and feed his soul and gives him hope in this dark world
Hmmm, are you sure the photo is from this particular conflict?
A person in final stages of starving to death is called “musselman”, BTW, or used to be in the concentration camps. Apparently this is because people so afflicted have no strength to do pretty much anything and usually end up kneeling with their head resting on the floor, much like a praying Muslim.
Twos - this man is probably dead. The good news is that by the time they reach this stage, they are usually distached from reality and feel very little.
I really hope he feels very little as you said. Bless his soul if he is dead and may God forgive mankind for people like him. No words can reflect on such sad picture.
Thanks to Drima for posting this picture as hard as it is, it is a constant reminder for the unjust in this world.
Drima - yup, confusing it is. You’ve got a darfur message with a musselman picture… although, IIRC, there were lots of deaths from starvation in Darfur a couple of decades ago, weren’t there?
hmm… how come I can’t comment over @ Hipster’s ?
anyway, what frustrates me the most about Darfur, is that the UN is ready to send troops but will immediately be seen as invaders.
The pictures certainly give you food for thought and hopefully thought for action.
Last year I attended a photography workshop. And when I look at the second picture I can’t help but recall one of the topics that the workshop covered called,’ development pornography’. It’s not a secret that for years, development and aid charities use ’shocking pictures’ to raise funds. The problem is the increased use of these ’shocking’ images of poverty in Africa has created negative sterotypes, which is contributing to prejudice-turning good intentions bad.
Remember that picture that is still associated with the famine in Sudan? It was taken by Kevin Carter (RIP) and there is a child kneeling (as if in prayer) and a black crow was behind the child watching on. The questions that arised from this very powerful photograph was what was the purpose/message of this picture? And others wondered if the photographer has become so detached from the suffering that he saw a photo opportunity rather than a human being in need. I’m going on and on here. The second picture for me was really hard to swallow and I think an intrusion into the dignity of this human being.
The first picture weighs heavily on my soul, there’s so much blood being spilled and hate seeds being planted in the new generation…
yup, Drima, I “converted” and it did the trick [pun intended]
Path2hope; I’m thinking about the endless pictures of dead children during the latest IS/PA/HA conflict. It’s adding insult to injury being used for propaganda purposes.
Halalhippie, it’s a thin line I suppose between wanting to report what’s happening and abusing the object(s) in the picture. But who makes that call? Honestly, sometimes when I see pictures from specific countries- Sudan, Palestine, Iraq etc I don’t even blink- because I’ve become so used to seeing that kind of pain. And I think so have other people, that’s why the pictures are starting to look more horrific than before…
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I will feel very guilty to eat for a long time to come after seeing this picture. May God bless his heart and feed his soul and gives him hope in this dark world
no words
Hmmm, are you sure the photo is from this particular conflict?
A person in final stages of starving to death is called “musselman”, BTW, or used to be in the concentration camps. Apparently this is because people so afflicted have no strength to do pretty much anything and usually end up kneeling with their head resting on the floor, much like a praying Muslim.
Twos - this man is probably dead. The good news is that by the time they reach this stage, they are usually distached from reality and feel very little.
Oh no no. The second photo isn’t related to Darfur. Crap, I think I might be confusing some people. I meant this in the context of Africa.
Raccoon,
I really hope he feels very little as you said. Bless his soul if he is dead and may God forgive mankind for people like him. No words can reflect on such sad picture.
Thanks to Drima for posting this picture as hard as it is, it is a constant reminder for the unjust in this world.
Drima - yup, confusing it is. You’ve got a darfur message with a musselman picture… although, IIRC, there were lots of deaths from starvation in Darfur a couple of decades ago, weren’t there?
testing,testing, 1 2 3
hmm… how come I can’t comment over @ Hipster’s ?
anyway, what frustrates me the most about Darfur, is that the UN is ready to send troops but will immediately be seen as invaders.
Yes, Halalhippie. You are not alone!
Oh ya and you can’t comment @ Hipster’s coz I think you need to update to blogger beta.
The pictures certainly give you food for thought and hopefully thought for action.
Last year I attended a photography workshop. And when I look at the second picture I can’t help but recall one of the topics that the workshop covered called,’ development pornography’. It’s not a secret that for years, development and aid charities use ’shocking pictures’ to raise funds. The problem is the increased use of these ’shocking’ images of poverty in Africa has created negative sterotypes, which is contributing to prejudice-turning good intentions bad.
Remember that picture that is still associated with the famine in Sudan? It was taken by Kevin Carter (RIP) and there is a child kneeling (as if in prayer) and a black crow was behind the child watching on. The questions that arised from this very powerful photograph was what was the purpose/message of this picture? And others wondered if the photographer has become so detached from the suffering that he saw a photo opportunity rather than a human being in need. I’m going on and on here. The second picture for me was really hard to swallow and I think an intrusion into the dignity of this human being.
The first picture weighs heavily on my soul, there’s so much blood being spilled and hate seeds being planted in the new generation…
yup, Drima, I “converted” and it did the trick
[pun intended]
Path2hope; I’m thinking about the endless pictures of dead children during the latest IS/PA/HA conflict. It’s adding insult to injury being used for propaganda purposes.
Halalhippie, it’s a thin line I suppose between wanting to report what’s happening and abusing the object(s) in the picture. But who makes that call? Honestly, sometimes when I see pictures from specific countries- Sudan, Palestine, Iraq etc I don’t even blink- because I’ve become so used to seeing that kind of pain. And I think so have other people, that’s why the pictures are starting to look more horrific than before…
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