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Here’s a fascinating video in which Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori demonstrates how dishonest many conflict photographs are. Salvadori spent a significant amount of time in East Jerusalem, studying the role photojournalists play in what the world sees. By turning his camera on the photographers themselves, he shows how photojournalists often influence the events they’re supposed to document objectively, and how photographers are often pushed to seek and create drama even in situations that lack it.

via PetaPixel

I don’t want to admit it, but this video really opened my eyes. I guess I was pretty ignorant to the idea of just how staged some conflict photos may be. I don’t want to believe it seeing how conflict photography is my real passion and ultimate goal. I’d hate to find myself in this type of situation where I’m photographing a staged photo just because the other photographers around me are doing so. Something to think about I guess.