What's wrong with this picture

I was cruising the Yahoo! News slideshows today. I decided to check out photos on Haiti, more because I accidentally clicked a picture than any other reason. I do like photography. It was my major hobby before I started obsessing over computers.

So like I said, i was flipping pictures and came across this one:

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A Haitian man takes a puff from his marijuana cigarette as he stands next to the city's port in Port-Au-Prince(AFP/Yuri Cortez)

And I was like, mad cool composition!

Then I was like, definitely not a candid portrait.

Then I was like, how many more posed pictures in this piece?


I found this portrait of Haiti's new interim prime minister. Gerard Latortue.

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You know Washington wants this new government to succeed because they lent Haiti's new government a Weapon of Mass Distraction…l'il Georgie's personal photographer.


I found this one, which bothers me.

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Haitian police take cover during a firefight near a large anti-Aristide demonstration 07 March 2004 in Port-au-Prince.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)

OH, yeah. Armed folks hiding in the middle of a firefight and the photographer isn't.

Now, I really have no beef with posed pictures. And the guys behind the camera in this set can do some really beautiful work. I would just like folks to be clear: this isn't news. It's art.



Finally, look at these pictures and tell me if there's anyone&hellip[;in the entire world…for whom the name "Boniface" is less appropriate.

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Posted by Prometheus 6 on March 11, 2004 - 11:26am :: Seen online