I think his criticism is fair, and his comparison with tourism is appropriate so it is not simply anti-royalist. He is saying that Harry is behaving like an imperialist, which I think is true. He is able to behave like that, or at least get attention, because he is royal - most tourists do not. Other photographers are criticised for the same reasons.
As for enhancing the effectiveness of his work, you might think it justifies it, but there are many people who do not. In large parts of the world these sorts of charitable organisations - and I work for one of them - are seen as patronising at best, arms of imperialism and western spies at worst. It is a complex issue, not as clear-cut a case of good as you might at first think, and NGOs are very aware of the pitfalls and issues - I think Harry has made a bit of a mistake with this. B > On 20 Dec 2014, at 02:06, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jones is just a crass anti-royal - he doesn't seem to have asked to what use > the photos might be > put, or if he did he hasn't told his readers. If they enhance the > effectiveness of Harry's charity > web site, surely that is a justifiable outcome? > > John in Brisbane > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darren Addy > Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2014 5:44 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT: You Fuji owners may have firmware updates (and also be arrogant) > > http://petapixel.com/2014/12/18/fujifilm-firmware-updates-add-big-new-features-x-t1-x-e2-x-e1-x-pro1 > / > > Also, in case you didn't already know or suspect, you Fuji owners just might > be arrogant and > colonial: > http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/columnist-prince-harry-photographing-africans-fujifilm-x100-arrogant > -colonial/ > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
