Giving A Voice to the Voiceless

In the article "Kenya: The Wasteland", the author David Conrad gives a voice to a woman who is suffering in Dandora. The article explores the epidemic of a rural city outside of Dandora being victims of waste disposal. The city gets waste from the Kenyatta International Airport and other places at the same time every day. Once the trash is disposed, many people sort through the waste to eat and feed their children. One woman named Rahab Ruguru points out that she depends on the trash to feed her children and for work. She has been suffering in the filthy city but says that she will follow the dump cite if moved. She depends on the trash for everything, despite how harsh the conditions of the city are. This article gave Ruguru a voice to tell her experience with living in the trash capital of Kenya. Many people aren’t as fortunate as her because people don’t give them chances to express their feelings about a living situation. With this article, people from all around the world can know about this tragedy. According to the article, the wasteland was supposed to be destroyed or moved because the site was overused. There have also been reports of people trying to help but at the same time trying to control the impoverished individuals living in the area. It’s sad to say that only the people inside the wasteland are trying to help because other higher powers aren’t really trying to make a change. Ruguru is still waiting for improvements but until she sees them then she will forever work in the wasteland.

Truth & Beauty in Photojournalism

Real Beauty

This picture shows a man taking his children to the park. This picture is really beautiful because he is actually paying for his children to enter a park. Most people's fathers leave them or are never in their lives to begin with, and the fact that he is taking care of all of his 5 children is wonderful. He doesn't even have a proper mode of transportation but still found away to get his kids to the park safely.

Unauthentic Beauty

In this photo their is a beautiful model who works for Victoria Secret. Victoria's Secret is a clothing company and it has models to advertise their merchandise. The lighting in this photo really compliments the women;s skin complexion. The women is also half naked which may also draw attention to her. If you do the rule of thirds, the center of the photo is the women's breast. The blue in the photo stands out because its such a deep shade. This color is really calm in my opinion and that's why I was so drawn to it. It reminds me of the ocean and her wings remind me of an angel. I think the photographer's intention was to make her look heavenly and that can draw someone to it also. This photo is confusing beauty because the model has a lot of make up on. Her body is also photo shopped to enhance the photo. Thew way the light is reflecting off of her makes her skin look flawless. This photo is bias because it makes people think that you have to look like this to wear theses clothes- when you don't necessarily have to. Many people believe that skinny is better when in all actuality this model most likely starves herself to be this skinny. This photo can have a negative influence on someone who has been struggling with confidence. I think this is why they made a branch for "plus size" models. But the "plus size" models aren't really plus size, they aren't that much bigger than the actual models. This suggest that people take "plus size" as a joke because the models don't represent actual plus size ladies.