This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
This striking photo, taken by Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin, has been making the award rounds recently, sweeping up first and second place trophies for the photog’s mantle. According to the description, the photo portrays a “former Marine Corps sniper,” and is part of a series of photos taken in a rough part of Rochester, NY called “The Crescent.”
Pellegrin’s ethics, however, are now being called into question by a BagNewsNotes article, which points out that the man in the photo, Shane Keller, was neither a sniper nor does he live in The Crescent — he was headed to a shooting range at Pellegrin’s request, as part of a portrait shoot.
The story actually begins early last year, when ten magnum photographers took it upon themselves to document Rochester, NY, the stage upon which was portrayed the history and the decline and fall of the Kodak empire.
Each photographer chose one particular aspect of the city to shoot (e.g. architecture) and then proceeded to capture that aspect in a fashion befitting Magnum photographers. Pellegrin chose the underbelly of Rochester, and enlisted the help of photographer Brett Carlsen to find it.
The majority of this underbelly can be found …
By: DL Cade
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