New York Times: From Sandy Hook to Uvalde, the Violent Images Never Seen

May 30, 2022 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography

 Via The New York Times

May 30, 2022


Frustrated Americans ask whether the release of graphic photos of gun violence would lead to better policy. But which photos, and who decides?

"For a culture so steeped in violence, we spend a lot of time preventing anyone from actually seeing that violence. Something else is going on here, and I’m not sure it’s just that we’re trying to be sensitive.”

--Nina Berman, a documentary photographer, filmmaker and Columbia journalism professor.


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