Offensive!
I thought I was done for today, but this is really offensive, and it needs to receive the derision it deserves.
A photographer who goes by the name "Zombie" took photos of a rally "commemorating" the 2000th death of an American soldier in the Iraq war. (Note: the rest of her website has quite a bit of nudity from her other photo shoots. You Have Been Warned.)
What she observed was not a candlelight vigil, prayers for their families, weeping and sorrow, but a party. People smiling, laughing and having a good time.
Some commemoration.
2 Comments:
At 3:26 AM CST , Anonymous said...
At funerals that I've been too there are people smiling, laughing and enjoying other people's company. The fact that everyone got together was the point -- not the fact that they were not all frowning.
In about half of those pictures the people are looking directly at the camera. I don't know about you but when someone points a camera at me I tend to smile automatically. But then again, I'm a happy person :-)
At 10:28 PM CST , Bruce said...
Actually, if you read up on Zombie's site, you'll discover that all the pictures were taken surruptitiously. That is, none of the people in the pictures knew they were on camera. Zombie keeps her (his?) identity a secret, and takes these pictures to expose what is normally not accessible to photographers.
Also, these pictures only confirm the firsthand reports from around the U.S. which say basically the same thing - people aren't getting together to commemorate jack - they are partying.
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