Thursday, February 27, 2014

I started to research some of the archived top news stories on HuffingtonPost.com and came across this article. The photo is what grabbed my attention, I wanted to know why the hands were cupped this way and recognized the design to be from the middle east/Asia territory. I love the photo, but I don't believe it reflects the story at all. In one of my other classes we are learning about the power of photojournalism and how the photo is either supposed to tell the story, or, the situation or moment you see. I don't feel this photo does either of those things.

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Survivors of Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse Still Suffering, 5 Months Later
Pulitzer Center -- Jason Motlagh
It's been five months since a massive explosion at a factory in Bangladesh drew international attention to the lives and rights of garment workers in the Asian nation. Yet while the world's attention has shifted to the protests in Egypt and the crisis in Syria, the suffering of survivors and victims' families is far from over.
Relatives of the 1,131 victims have only received part of the compensation they were promised in the wake of the tragedy. Survivors lack financial and psychological assistance. Razibul Rahman Kari, a 20-year-old sewing machine operator who managed to dig himself out of the rubble, cuts himself while locked in his bedroom, and his family living on handouts without his mere $70-a-month salary. Omar Faruque Babu, lauded as a hero after pulling more than 30 people from rubble, hanged himself upon arriving at the hospital. 

2 comments:

  1. Please forgive my ignorance: could the open hands, palm up, represent the two hands of Fatimah, representing the inscriptions "God is the guardian", "God brings consolation in all trials". The mehendi [henna patterns,] I do not believe are religious--just social for women in India. Perhaps a stretch.

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