These People Were Arrested by the Khmer Rouge and Never Seen Again
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A lack of empathy, propriety. Tasteless. A lack of art, even? Then, Peddling a process that could be beneficial in the right context, and making it an industrial process.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:29 pm In my opinion, even putting these sort of photos in colour is questionable. These are photos of victims of the Pol Pot regime. You can't make them "pretty" or more human. As for the smiles, well, I'm lost. Why would you do that ?
These photos are a catalogue of someone’s depravity inflicted on others. Jollying them up serves to trivialise the events that they catalogue, and is a disservice to the victims.
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(Sighs)ergosemper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:01 pm He should be sanctioned for his twisted and depraved "creativity".
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If there is any redeemable idea behind it all, it's that the "artist" wanted the people to be remembered as if they were smiling, a kind of "what could have been" retrospective. However, the "artist" fails to mention anything of substance pertinent to the "art" itself beyond his career. And even he if he had, it would have little worth beyond the realm of self-driven social media perspectives of the world. I don't like throwing around bandwagon terms people use these days (eg. "snowflake", "virtue signaling") but I'm gonna throw one down on this: "toxic positivity". Reminds of some of the silly shit people say like "happiness is a choice" etc. Life is not all about smiles.
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The Vice link now goes to 404. I think the message is being felt.
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Has anyone seen any sort of explanation by the "artist" on why he thought is was a good idea to photoshop genocide victims ?
For the moment, there doesn't seem to be any sort of excuse for this, except that the man is clueless. He just marched in there with his big old boots without a thought about what he was trying to achieve, and what impact that would have on other people.
There was another scandal not so long ago, of someone using photos from S21 for something inappropriate, but I don't recall exactly what it was ?
For the moment, there doesn't seem to be any sort of excuse for this, except that the man is clueless. He just marched in there with his big old boots without a thought about what he was trying to achieve, and what impact that would have on other people.
There was another scandal not so long ago, of someone using photos from S21 for something inappropriate, but I don't recall exactly what it was ?
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That's fine. Vice blows.Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:58 pm The Vice link now goes to 404. I think the message is being felt.
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Think it was stock images.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:05 pm There was another scandal not so long ago, of someone using photos from S21 for something inappropriate, but I don't recall exactly what it was ?
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You're right.Cricket99 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:29 pmThink it was stock images.Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:05 pm There was another scandal not so long ago, of someone using photos from S21 for something inappropriate, but I don't recall exactly what it was ?
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Scarpering out with your tail between your legs acting like something didn't happen isn't fine. Never was.Big Daikon wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:21 pmThat's fine. Vice blows.Freightdog wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:58 pm The Vice link now goes to 404. I think the message is being felt.
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