Thoughts on John Stanmeyer’s 2014 World Press Winning Photo

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Thoughts on John Stanmeyer’s 2014 World Press Winning Photo – Reading The Pictures

In a day and age where specific conflicts, atrocities and human rights abuses beg for poignancy and advocacy, feting Stanmeyer’s photo can either be seen as the loss of an opportunity, or else an incredibly daring choice inviting multiple conversations ab

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/02/thoughts-on-john-stanmeyers-2014-world-press-winning-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29

I have to admit, it’s painful to me that World Press Photo, with its history and credibility and visibility, doesn’t use its platform to make a ethical and moral statement with its photo of the year. With all the intractable crises in the world and the growing role and visibility of news photography (the contest is about news and journalism, after all, no?), I have to take a deep swallow in reminding myself that World Press is not the Nobel.

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