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I have no idea why Shaw et al. appear to think there is something wrong with making a portrait, or that making a portrait is not “authentic”. As photojournalists, we make portraits all the time.  Are my portraits from Gaza any less “authentic” because they’re portraits?  Of course not.  It’s ridiculous.

Also from Paolo:

Neither Shaw, Steinberg nor Keller ever attempted to contact me. They do not quote Brett, anyone in the Crescent, the police officers I spent so much time with, etc. It seems somewhat strange to me that while mounting a purported journalistic high horse they themselves did not follow the basic tenets of fair and professional journalism.