Yes, News Photos are Becoming More Graphic … and Beautiful — BagNews

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Yes, News Photos are Becoming More Graphic … and Beautiful – Reading The Pictures

I think the degree of artistry and the level of poetry in these photos only increases with the horror. Apparently, the artistry is acting like a buffering agent, the beauty and mystique confounding the more amplified violence and gore.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2014/07/yes-news-photos-are-becoming-more-graphic-and-beautiful/

With all the debate these (violent) days about the publication of graphic photos, I think at least two points should be made.