America at its best? - Part 2
America at its best? - Part 2
I was going for 2 things with these shots….
1) I tried to do a photojournalistic / exposé shot with this one. I was going for a “Big business assisting…or just turning a blind eye to Undocumented workers / Illegal Aliens” type of picture. I like how the huge corporate sign overpowers the shot with the workers almost seeking shelter under it.
2) I wanted to see how fast I was stereotyped as a “racist” for assuming these were “Undocumented workers / Illegal Aliens”
Let me know how I did.
13 responses
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Dave Camara gave props (10 Mar 2008):
Perfect!
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K Carp said (20 Nov 2008):
How do you know these are illegals? Do you just assume that anyone who is latino is illegal?
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Daniel Sandecki said (20 Nov 2008):
I asked them
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Shannon Kloiber said (20 Nov 2008):
I like the picture, I think the message came across well. I used to work for Depot. The people that stand out front of the store, like these guys aren't affiliated with Depot. They just know that a lot of contractors and such shop there.
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Michael Adams gave props (21 Nov 2008):
This is wonderful!
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Sherrie Steele said (23 Nov 2008):
In answer to K carp, the challenge was to take a "stereotypical "kind of picture. Whether the men in the picture are illegal or not, the picture fits the stereotype of what we think illegals look like. Good job
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Lisa Schwendemann Smith said (24 Nov 2008):
I think you certainly captured the theme well with this shot.
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Daniel Sandecki added a link (24 Nov 2008):
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Clinton Brentwood Lee gave props (25 Nov 2008):
Love it!
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G Patrick McDaniel gave props (27 Nov 2008):
Social commentary at its best!
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G Patrick McDaniel said (27 Nov 2008):
Once again, good eye, Dan.
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Sarah Dudley said (28 Nov 2008):
I didn't stereotype you as being racist, rather that you were stereotyping tfe workers as being illegal. Is that close?
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Jed Hohf gave props (23 Dec 2008):
I worked personally with some illegal's, one became a good friend and i didn't even know he was illegal until i made a remark about illegal's....whoops, haha, he was cool with it though. About the picture though, Very nicely documented. Very typical. And that's NOT being racist.
