"The Day they arrested Mommy"by
njsabsComment by Quigley: As someone who has consistently tries to protect the rights of young children. I am somewhat offended by this particular photograph the subject matter for this challenge was a candid and indeed this is a candid. However, a candid of this sort showing the pain and suffering of the mother while she is humiliated and arrested in front of(what can only be assumed to be), her own child. I find this to be somewhat offensive. I could understand if you are trying to show the pain and suffering of someone being arrested in a war-torn country and taken off by a corrupt government and police, but to display this image in the context of this particular challenge, I feel is unnecessary at best.
Please understand that I'm not trying to suggest that you are intentionally trying to further humiliate the mother or the child pictured in this photo, but I will ask you one question, after taking this photo did you go and ask the mother if you could use it in this manner?
Again, I don't mean to sound callous, but I've never taken an image, kept an image, printed an image or posted an image of the human subject without first asking permission.
I find this hard to explain because I do understand that you can never ask every single person that's in your photograph if you can post their photo or print their image, but I always ask the person who is the focal point of my photo, because they're the reason I took it in the first place.
I am truly sorry if I offended you with my opinion but sometimes people feel strongly toward one thing or another for strange reasons.
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