I went to see a World Press Photo exhibition to distract myself from the greyness of July with some world class photography. Turns out, it was rather depressing.
Main news stories 2011 AD were the tsunami in Japan, the revolution in Libya and the general unrest all over the world - rubble, young men with masked faces waving weapons, dead bodies, blood covered children and destruction. Social stories covered child brides, illegal wrestling and police violence in Ukraine - distress, desperation and hope slowly draining away from people's tired eyes.
Even the animal stories that usually are a bit more uplifting could not make you smile this time. Illegal shark hunting, last 30 rhinos that need guards standing around them 24/7, escaped tiger shot dead...
All of a sudden the rainy, cold July did not seem like a big deal. So I guess it kind of worked as a distraction, but I would really like to see more variety at 2012 exhibition. Surely, not each and every one of us is a violent, aggressive, perverted, egoistic, unhappy individual ready to explode given an excuse of the mob.
On second thought...
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