Perpetuating the Visual Myth of Appalachia

Perpetuating the Visual Myth of Appalachia – Part One

©Stacy Kranitz / CNN Photos On 7 May 2012, CNN published a series by photographer Stacy Kranitz from her body of work entitled “Regression to the Mean.” The series, 16 images in all, caught my attention and raised a series of red flags. Admittedly, I’m hy

via Walk your camera.: http://walkyourcamera.com/perpetuating-the-visual-myth-of-appalachia-part-one/

As you can imagined I am in a state of shock. I feel ashamed and humiliated for trusting CNN. I am stunned that they would take my work out of context. I spent a long time looking at their website before agreeing to show my work and in no way did I see any indication that they were subverting photographers work to lead to controversy that would provide greater visibility of their site. Still, I take responsibility for not knowing better.