iamshadow21
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I think it's also worth considering that photographers will shoot as many shots as they can of a subject while they're in view, and the paper or news station will choose to buy the one shot that fits the narrative they're trying to get across. So, they'll pick the one of the starlet or rock star that makes them look hungover, or tired, or have a double chin, or where their skirt is being flipped up by the wind. And if they take photos of someone accused of quadruple homicide, the paper or news station will choose the photo where he looks like he's about to start spouting dialogue spoken by the kid from The Exorcist.
A good example - the image everyone thinks of of serial killer Eileen Wuornos is the one where it almost looks like she's trying to strangle herself with her own handcuffs. What she was actually doing when that was taken was smoothing her hair back from her face, a gesture all people with long hair make dozens of times a day for comfort and to neaten their appearance. Nothing sinister about it if you know that, but putting it in an article about her crimes makes it seem a violent and unsettling image by association.
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I think it's also worth considering that photographers will shoot as many shots as they can of a subject while they're in view, and the paper or news station will choose to buy the one shot that fits the narrative they're trying to get across. So, they'll pick the one of the starlet or rock star that makes them look hungover, or tired, or have a double chin, or where their skirt is being flipped up by the wind. And if they take photos of someone accused of quadruple homicide, the paper or news station will choose the photo where he looks like he's about to start spouting dialogue spoken by the kid from The Exorcist.
A good example - the image everyone thinks of of serial killer Eileen Wuornos is the one where it almost looks like she's trying to strangle herself with her own handcuffs. What she was actually doing when that was taken was smoothing her hair back from her face, a gesture all people with long hair make dozens of times a day for comfort and to neaten their appearance. Nothing sinister about it if you know that, but putting it in an article about her crimes makes it seem a violent and unsettling image by association.
MOO
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