How Photojournalists Cover Sexual Violence Against Women – The New York Times

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How Photojournalists Cover Sexual Violence Against Women

The controversy over a young photographer’s depiction of a teenage girl forced into sex work raises questions of how to respectfully document victims of sexual violence.

via Lens Blog: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/how-photojournalists-cover-sexual-violence-against-women/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Multimedia&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0

Why are stories of vulnerable and suffering women and girls, often with pleading or blank expressions and seen in faraway lands, praised and rewarded by American and European grant makers, portfolio reviewers and editors?

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