Photographer makes infants cry then takes their picture [View All]

[KurtNYC]

"The first little boy I shot, Liam, suddenly became hysterically upset," the Los Angeles-based photographer said. "It reminded me of helplessness and anger I feel about our current political and social situation."
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The results have provoked a storm of criticism from internet bloggers. "Jill Greenberg is a sick woman who should be arrested and charged with child abuse," wrote Andrew Peterson on the Thomas Hawk blog.
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"People in the photography world, anyone who is sophisticated about photography, knows that this is not offensive," collector and former gallery owner Stephen White told the LA Times. "Taking away a lollipop is not child abuse. There's no irreparable harm. I'm just not sure there's any significance to the photographs either."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1830214,00.html

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