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emilyswash:
thedailywhat:
Photo of the Day: A nameless Egyptian demonstrator takes on riot police Superman-style during the second straight day of anti-government protests in Cairo.
[h-ismail / h/t: ironicsauce.]
fuck i hope they’re okay.
(eta: because it could be confusing in this circumstance, singular they! worrying about the protestor, not the police.)
Yeah, this photo gives me a lot of anxiety, like I really don’t want to think about what happened afterward.
generally an issue with protest photography — capturing a single dramatic and glamorous moment of resistance is all well and good, but I prefer context, preferably context establishing that the rebel escaped unharmed.
like, anyone remember the Iraqi guy who threw a shoe at george bush, muntadar al-zaidi? dude was tortured and jailed for nine months for assaulting a head of state. he’s also an investigative journalist and political/humanitarian activist. but that was elided by lefty coverage of the shoe-throwing, it became this one-off wacky spontaneous thing worthy of a bit of a giggle and then forgotten about.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfnybqjizm1qzpwi0o1_400.jpg)
Photo of the Day: A nameless Egyptian demonstrator takes on riot police Superman-style during the second straight day of anti-government protests in Cairo.
[h-ismail / h/t: ironicsauce.]
fuck i hope they’re okay.
(eta: because it could be confusing in this circumstance, singular they! worrying about the protestor, not the police.)
Yeah, this photo gives me a lot of anxiety, like I really don’t want to think about what happened afterward.
generally an issue with protest photography — capturing a single dramatic and glamorous moment of resistance is all well and good, but I prefer context, preferably context establishing that the rebel escaped unharmed.
like, anyone remember the Iraqi guy who threw a shoe at george bush, muntadar al-zaidi? dude was tortured and jailed for nine months for assaulting a head of state. he’s also an investigative journalist and political/humanitarian activist. but that was elided by lefty coverage of the shoe-throwing, it became this one-off wacky spontaneous thing worthy of a bit of a giggle and then forgotten about.
