photos of the past
I thought it was interesting once again that most of the images shared were these depressing depressing pictorials. I guess I have to reevaluate my viewpoint of most of the photography to correspond with the genre of journalism. Though I wonder the same thing now, why it is that newspapers and magazines focus on the horror filled instead of the uplifting. I had been looking forward to a photo of a dog watching hot dogs spin. There was no photo of a dog watching hot dogs spin. There was a lot of murder and child labor. There was no dog. I must assume pulitzer prizes are not won by dogs watching hot dogs. There is no shattering truth to be revealed by the hot dog dog. Maybe my favorite picture is the newsies smoking. Kid’s these days don’t know what it’s like to work a real job. to be out there slaving away for minimum wage, which is now $7.50 an hour. Kids go to high-school then right into collage, but when this photo was taken collage didn’t exist. People didn’t have time for collage because then there would be no one to deliver newspapers. If the newspapers didn’t get delivered then no one would ever see these daring photographs. it’s the circle of life. Maybe.
