Did you know dog meat is served in restaurants in South Korea? I didn't. In the United States and most western countries, Fido is a family companion and while it's not ethical to judge another culture by our standards, anyone who doesn't at least (humanely) butcher the animal first is acting without proper care. South Korea relies on western consumerism for their economy and needs to be aware that we do not accept the practice of skinning and boiling dogs alive. Originally shared by April Benney Over 6,000 restaurants in South Korea are still serving dog meat even though it is now illegal. In many Asian countries dogs are boiled alive or skinned alive when slaughtered. It's an unbelievably horrendous & torturous way to die. I know a lot of you hate seeing this kind of posts on G+, but the Asian industry slaughtering dogs & cats is how I first got involved in animal rights & it will always be my main animal welfare concern. It's intolerable what is happen...
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I agree that there's no place for manipulation in photojournalism (even though there are photogs who've doctored their images long before digital computers were around, and that the pictures that legitimate photogs take are just as biased as the stories a journalist writes).
There's still a pretty big movement of toy-camera photographers who make quite stunning pictures. There're no settings to be adjusted on a toy camera, the majority of the work is done in processing in the dark room trying to get a useable image from a crappy pinhole camera. These people aren't any less of an artist than someone who spends several minutes fiddling with a light meter and a multi-thousand dollar rangefinder.
Today's "whisper snappers" are the equivalent of Lab techs who process the film but have no artistic training when it comes to photo composition.
I truly believe that composition is what separates the Pro from the amateur who uses "AutoWhats-its." It takes skill and experience to know how to compose a shot that will draw the viewer in.
If I let a program play chess for me, but I know how to play chess, does that make me a chess player?
As I stated in the blog post, is a paint-by-numbers painter a professional painter?
I firmly believe the means are just as important as the ends in regards to very many aspects of life, art being one of them.