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Viewer or voyeur? The morality of reportage photography

Do you look away from images of real-life horror, or look closer? A series of shocking photographs from Somalia asks disturbing questions about the ethics of bearing witness
The Guardian | Sean O’Hagan about World Press Photos ; plus all the comments from the readers

Farah Abdi Warsameh’s Stoned to Death, Somalia, 13 December. Photograph: AP

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Written by jdh

March 26, 2010 at 8:28

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