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looking out
I must admit, I have always been an admirer of political photojournalism/documentary photography - from political movements on the street to the white house staff photographers. I mean, you're documenting a type of political scenery once reserved to the realms of canvases.
Anyways, as with all other photography, the simple proliferation of sharing and volume (online and digital) it has also been inundated by a sea of technically good but generally absent of any greater context etc. I won't go into examples of these.
I won't go, either, into great detail about the stuff im deeply interested in. I'll leave it at this, today - trying to get my head around what's happening in Brazil (as a second generation Brazilian-American who spent a considerable amount of time there and now lives elsewhere) - I came across the following photographs all taken by Valter Campanato of Agência Brasil:
The pictures depict Michel Temer, the interim president of Brazil, before his newly appointed cabinet ministers. They're all white men.
As someone who also follows international politics to some extent, it's bothersome to hear about Canada's take on inclusion in politics in the 21st century and know that your own country - so culturally rich - has for some reason become incapable of sorting itself out - but it's too soon and too early to judge. Matters seem dire at times.
Michel Temer has spent a considerable amount of money in outdoor advertisements, in the millions, that say - do not think of the crisis - just work (with regards to the outdoors, I've been unable to verify the validity of this news, but he did use the phrase in this inaugural ceremony depicted by the photographs, and said he would like to spread it across the land, in a bid to foment optimism within an already patience-strained population.
My question is this - out of sincere curiosity - how many of you are actually following this news, care, or know much about it, how do you feel about it, what kind of media are you reading etc.
Brazil's is a crisis of identity.
I leave you with some photos of mine, of a country that I fell in love in.
More here
P.S. - I've been wanting to write more about this, but am having a hard time narrowing down a publication that could be appropriate if there is one that might be interested. For those in the know, if you have any ideas, please let me know.
Thank you
Anyways, as with all other photography, the simple proliferation of sharing and volume (online and digital) it has also been inundated by a sea of technically good but generally absent of any greater context etc. I won't go into examples of these.
I won't go, either, into great detail about the stuff im deeply interested in. I'll leave it at this, today - trying to get my head around what's happening in Brazil (as a second generation Brazilian-American who spent a considerable amount of time there and now lives elsewhere) - I came across the following photographs all taken by Valter Campanato of Agência Brasil:
The pictures depict Michel Temer, the interim president of Brazil, before his newly appointed cabinet ministers. They're all white men.
As someone who also follows international politics to some extent, it's bothersome to hear about Canada's take on inclusion in politics in the 21st century and know that your own country - so culturally rich - has for some reason become incapable of sorting itself out - but it's too soon and too early to judge. Matters seem dire at times.
Michel Temer has spent a considerable amount of money in outdoor advertisements, in the millions, that say - do not think of the crisis - just work (with regards to the outdoors, I've been unable to verify the validity of this news, but he did use the phrase in this inaugural ceremony depicted by the photographs, and said he would like to spread it across the land, in a bid to foment optimism within an already patience-strained population.
My question is this - out of sincere curiosity - how many of you are actually following this news, care, or know much about it, how do you feel about it, what kind of media are you reading etc.
Brazil's is a crisis of identity.
I leave you with some photos of mine, of a country that I fell in love in.
More here
P.S. - I've been wanting to write more about this, but am having a hard time narrowing down a publication that could be appropriate if there is one that might be interested. For those in the know, if you have any ideas, please let me know.
Thank you
