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I waslookingat someof theentries

andwinningimagesin theTravel

Photographerof theYear(TPOTY)

competitionandI wasstruckby

thefollowingthought,whichis a

criticismnotonlytoTPOTYandother

travelphotographycompetitionsbut

alsotousthephotographers.

Isn’tit a sadindictmentof our

culturethatmanyentriesandwinners

of suchcompetitionsseemtobe

imagesportrayingpeople,culturesor

regionsof theworldthatarepoorer,

oppressed,andfacinghardshipand

strife.Oftenwhatsomewoulddescribe

asdevelopingcountries?

OfcourseI amgeneralising,as

provenbytheTPOTYsubmissionof

theimageof theladyin theVenice

Carnival.Nonetheless,it is mybelief

thatwerarelyseemtogeta balanced

representationof thecountriesbeing

portrayed.In myteens,in the’60s,

I livedin a smallcountrywhichin

generalhada comparableliving

standardtotheWest.I waskeenon

photographythentoo,andI remember

oncebeingaskedtoshowa visiting

semi-prophotographer around the

town that I lived in.

I rememberbeingverydisappointed

thathewasonlyinterestedin visiting

thepoorerneighbourhoodsand

pointinghiscameraat themore

rundownstreetsandhouses.His

approachtothepeople,whowere

invariablypoliteandwelcoming,

regularlystrayedintoaninvasionof

privacy,oftenpokinghislensinto

people’shomes(manyhadopen

doorsandwindowsbecauseof the

summerheat)andbackyardsbefore

establishinga rapportoraskingthem

if theywouldmind.Hisresulting

picturespaintedanentirelyone-sided

viewof thecountry,andmytown,

whichI didnotappreciate.

Andno,hewasn’tdoinga social

documentaryontheplacetryingto

raiseawarenessof theplightof the

poorerclasses.Hejustthought they

weremore‘photogenic’.

JohnVahgatsi

Youraiseanexcellentpoint,John.

I’dlovetohearreaders’thoughts

onthis.Aretravelphotographers

guiltyofpovertyvoyeurismand

perpetuatingstereotypes?– Nigel

Atherton Editor

Inbox

Poverty voyeurism

Oldschool

Howeverconvenientthe

paraphernaliaofmodern

laptops,I amoftheopinion

thatconventionalmethods

stillwinin theend.No

matterhowfasttoday’s

technologymakesus,

printingoffmaterialand

usinga filingcabinet,and

PostmanPatwiththe

goodoldstampand

envelope still wins the day.

YOUR LETTERS

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

Thetechnologyin most

present-dayequipment

cannotreplacethebasic

camera:a light-tightbox

withpinholeandfilm–

thesearethebasic

principles.Technologycan

gotoofar.If thequote

‘keepit simple’is adhered

tothensuccesswillprevail.

It is notthecamera,but

thepersonbehind it.

Phil Morris

What’stheF?

Greatfeaturein AP 2

MarchaboutCanon’snew

exposuremode(GetFv

modesavvy). Butwhat

does‘Fv’standfor?I am

puzzledbySLRdialnames.

Whyis AperturePriority

modecalledAvandnotA?

AndI don’tgetthename

forShutterPriorityat all:

Tv!Canyouenlighten me?

Chris Hester

Onmostcameras

AperturePriorityis

indicatedbyan‘A’and

ShutterPrioritybyan‘S’.

Canoncamerasare

unusualin usingAv

(Aperturevalue)andTv

(Timevalue).The‘F’in Fv

standsforFlexible

• NigelAtherton,Editor

WhenIrisheyes

arefrowning

I’vebeena long-time

readerof APandenjoythe

weeklymixof technical

andopinionpieces.ButI

wasdisappointedwiththe

articleCourageand

Conviction(AP2 March)

where,in whatwas

otherwisea veryinteresting

articlewithsomesuperb

photographs,theterm

‘BritishIsles’wasuseda

numberof times.

I amIrishandassuch

wouldneverusetheterm

BritishIsles,whichhaslong

sincebeenreplacedwith

less-contentiousterms

suchas‘BritishandIrish

Isles’or‘Britainand

Ireland’.Indeedtheterm

BritishIslescanalsomean

theBritishmainlandandits

offshoreislands.

Ratherthangointoa

longexplanation,I would

referyoutotheWikipedia

article,‘BritishIslesnaming

dispute’,whichgivesa lot

of interestinginformation

onwhythisparticularterm

hasfallenoutof favourin

bothBritainandIreland.

MichaelHiggins

Barbaric

Irefertothestatement

madebyMatjažKrivic

underhisstunning

photographof Onno,a

teenagegirlfromthe

Arboretribein Ethiopia

(Travellers’Tales, 23

February).I’mnotreally

sureanymentionneeded

tobemaderegardingthe

barbaricprocedurethat

willbecarriedoutbyher

motheraspartof hersoon

tobemarriageprocess.

Circumcisionis a misnomer

forwhatis generally

recognisedasFGM(female

gentitalmutilation)andas

such, if it needs to be

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