"The public outcry over Omayra Sánchez’s death also sparked debate over the vulturistic nature of photojournalism.
“There are hundreds of thousands of Omayras around the world — important stories about the poor and the weak and we photojournalists are there to create the bridge,” Fournier said of the criticisms. The fact that people still find the photograph utterly disturbing, even decades after it was taken, shows Omayra Sánchez’s “lasting power.”"
Yeah that's why they do it. To show people it's real.
People are dumb. They dont care its "vulturistic".....they resent the graphic reminder of how good they have it.
I hate censorship and I've watched thousands of gore vids but I just couldn't have filmed that poor soul as she slowly met her maker, poor soul... =(
I know. The people who do this to get the info out there are always haunted.
The man who took that picture of the starving child with a culture in the back ground ended up committing suicide. A lot of people were outraged he "just watched" and did nothing.
But there was nothing he could do...because that child was so emaciated that solid food would have killed the child. All he could do was bring awareness that it's real.