"It is supposed to be difficult to look at images of bodies in pain. We are supposed to recoil at..."

“It is supposed to be difficult to look at images of bodies in pain. We are supposed to recoil at first. Images can’t possibly convey the full reality of suffering, but nobody is asking them to. What they do convey, better and more efficiently than words, is an imprint or a reminder of human cruelty and human pain.”



- The Case For Looking: What We Can Learn from Violent Photography by Jason Farago (via thenewrepublic)

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