Event description:
The media industry strictly demands dramatic images, forcing photojournalists to seek for drama in their subjects, even where the situation lacks of it. The public, on the other hand, is daily overwhelmed by images portraying certain sides of a conflict, but often fail to consider a crucial element behind the scenes: the photographer.
This project aims to play with the creation and destruction of drama by breaking the taboo of the invisible photographer. By including him in the frame, it shows how the image-production process can generate similar photographs that are often over dramatized. Moreover, the massive attendance of the media turns the conflict into a show in which the photographer has his own role in the dynamics and becomes an actor.
This photo essay is a form of self-criticism by a photographer who became disillusioned by photojournalism after seeing how the media market of the photo agencies pushes many colleagues to opt for a hedonistic approach which does not encourage them to consider how their presence influences the events they witness and how their images are produced.