this is crazy - two french photo students submitted their photo essay to a french newspaper contest and won. when they went to collect the prize, they announced that the whole thing was staged, and they had completely fooled the judges. the photographers said, "they had wanted to make a 'powerful artistic gesture' attacking the 'voyeurism' and gullibility of parts of the press."
check it out.
the images are beautiful - the texture and emotion combined make a great photo, but as my good friend and fellow photog marisa just pointed out to me, "the only way you know any image is not staged is if the artist tells you so the only point they're making is artists lie... people make staged essays that convey emotions too."
if the purpose was to fool the audience, they should've just taken the prize. what do you think?
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"Photographs cannot tell stories. They can only provide evidence of stories, and evidence is mute; it demands investigation and interpretation."
PHILIP GOUREVITCH
Keywords: "investigation" & "interpretation".
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