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CultureDecember 10, 2012

Photo of a Dying Man: All the Wrong Reasons

By Rachel Wagner

Without the framing device of community, without any context in which to shape the interpretation of the events, such images become simply sensational, the prick of pain without the moral payoff.

(A)theologies, CultureDecember 10, 2012

Photo of a Dying Man: The Journalist’s Job

By Jason Anthony

We rely on a journalist to just stand by—it’s a practical act of witness: while you report the story you stand in the presence, neither blinking nor stepping up.

(A)theologies, CultureDecember 10, 2012

Should the Post Have Published Photo of Subway Victim?: Two Opinions

By Jason Anthony

Is it simply a part of the conflicted role of the journalist or does the photo’s work as cultural catharsis ignore the specific agony of the victim’s loved ones?

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