Gone City: Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking
His just-published series of photos of topless Haitian women receiving care in makeshift “emergency tents” after the earthquake is gratuitous, racist and disgusting.
Link: Gone City: Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking
via: Photography Prison
Why are you giving this hack’s jealous opinions any attention? Same with the flickr photographer that is quitting photography?
My linking to an article here is never an endorsement of its position. Readers should form their own opinions.
I see the “Larry Towell needs an ass-kicking” post as part of a trend that really picked up during the 2006 Lebanon war and has flared up again with Haiti, where people are voicing critical opinions of photojournalism. Such criticisms should be faced head on, and it’s pretty cowardly that the “hack” does not allow comments on his post so there could be a response to his inflammatory post.
As for the “Flickr photographer”, are you saying you didn’t enjoy the following line from the linked post?
Hah. True, I did enjoy it.
I just think that by bringing attention to these uninformed rants, it validates them in a twisted way.
I am not saying they should be ignored, but these internet stars are just looking for some attention, attempting to stir the pot.
But hey, thats what the internet is for, I guess it is up to me to decide where to click.
But yeah, I still like your blog. I used to follow fly on the wall religiously when I was just starting.
Haven’t published anymore skinhead photos yet, I will let you know when I do.
Funny I just looked at the series over at magnum and you knowimmediately the images that are presented blatently in poor taste. It may be that Larry Towell has that fault that stands out in todays view of expose women, no matter the race. To say that it was artful or good photo journalism is a line of BS.