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this short film is amazing The Shooting Gallery channel4 the photographers are inspirational.
i particularly like The neglected by David Gillanders although it's harrowing..it's documentary photography at its best (in my humble opinion).. and calls into question the passive role played by the image maker..
i.e. how can he stand around watching these children harm themselves? what kind of impact did it have on him personally? the opposing view is that without the photographer being present we would never have known..  so the children are brought to the attention of a wider audience..but has that stimulated a change? there are all dead now but what impact has this documentary had for children of the next generation?
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oh i also read this too about photo books i'm thinking of a book (or even two) for both projects the ones i've seen so far are great.