Gaumy's goal was to educate himself and viewers of his photography on the condition of the country of Iran. The thing I enjoy the most of this series is that none of the scenes being portrayed are staged. They are all genuine moments in a time of conflict and you can see how the conflict is affecting the subjects portrayed. Ranging from people being kept as prisoners, soldiers celebrating a victory of battle, women training in how to shoot fire arms, and people coming together to mourn the deaths of those who were in a plane who was shot down. Gaumy's ability to candidly capture these moments gives the pictures more meaning and emotion being also that it was shot in black and white give the photographs more serious tone. As a photojournalist his intentions was to tell a story of real events transpiring that people in real areas most likely would not ever see allowing to see these people be happy, serious, relief, or sorrow allows the viewer to actually connect with the subjects rather than marginalize themselves from them by helping us connect though similar emotions.
I think his purpose for these images are to help an audience connect with the actual events occurring, to inform the viewer and hopefully ignite some sort of interest in events occurring in other parts of the world. People tend to feel like a sense of safety in first world country's or that they tend to give a blind eye to things occurring elsewhere in the world. It could be because they don't care or because national media doesn't shed much light on the situation. Gaumy is taking the time to be able tell an unbiased story and show how people are living their lives in a area of conflict.
3) how do you personally respond to these choices and intents?
I particularly enjoy them for the reason that they are good informative photographs and coming from a third world country I like being able to share the unique perspective compared to what might be on the news. Massive media outlets have a way of distorting the truth for views and causing people to gain interest in the news they are sharing regardless if it is negatively affecting the images of these foreign country's. In turn hearing people be misinformed and spread negative or inaccurate information could be frustrating and having someone going out of their way to at least try to shine light on a situation is respectful and much appreciated. We might recognize the conflict and they may show small scenes of troops mobilizing but they aren't sharing the story's of the individuals they tend to be looked over and lost in the greater picture, allowing us to see how the individual is being affected pulls a sense of empathy, putting yourself in their shoes and sparking action or feeling.
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