Disaster Photography: When Does It Cross The Line?

A thought provoking read from NPR.

The endless pictures and videos of the disaster are made possible by the 24-hour news cycle, and the advent of camera phones, twitter, etc. Maybe 20 years ago, the barrage of images of corpses and wailing human beings with amputated limbs would have been a shocker, but today we watch them with our morning coffee, or over dinner.

Why?

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