"Poverty" is a controversial aspect of street photography. There are those living in palaces that despise images that reflect life outside their gated minds. Still there are those that say this is mere "poornography," or that of romanticizing poverty as a subject of photography. Yet there are those that say the lens merely capture reality, and that the image is the story. I belong to this group.
For me, the pictures (I took during the 17th Lopez Jeana Community Journalism Workshop field work at Sitio San Roque and Kasiglahan Village in Montalban) shows both the state of decadence of our society, made worse with the realization that taxes that could have been used to uplift living conditions through jobs and services, were stolen through PDAF and DAP. The victims that are affected by this man-made disaster are children, yet it is their resilience that also gives us hope that someday things will get better. It is however up to us to work extra hard to make our government more accountable.
As with regards to the pictures, I like what William Forrester in the movie Finding Forrester said: "Writers write things to give readers something to read." In this case, at least for me, pictures taken are meant to be seen. The rest, is up to you.
For me, the pictures (I took during the 17th Lopez Jeana Community Journalism Workshop field work at Sitio San Roque and Kasiglahan Village in Montalban) shows both the state of decadence of our society, made worse with the realization that taxes that could have been used to uplift living conditions through jobs and services, were stolen through PDAF and DAP. The victims that are affected by this man-made disaster are children, yet it is their resilience that also gives us hope that someday things will get better. It is however up to us to work extra hard to make our government more accountable.
As with regards to the pictures, I like what William Forrester in the movie Finding Forrester said: "Writers write things to give readers something to read." In this case, at least for me, pictures taken are meant to be seen. The rest, is up to you.