Knowing there’s more to life than newspaper photography (duh), for the past several years I’ve been looking at the work others are doing for NGOs (non-governmental organizations), particularly work done for humanitarian agencies.
Today I stumbled across this photograph by a fellow named David Taggart, a wonderful example of great street photography, but with a profundity most street photography — particularly my own — seems to lack.
Usually altruistic photographers lean toward pathos in their images. Newspaper photographers love pathos, including yours truly, because editors and reporters do. Let’s face it, pathos is photogenic.
Here’s some background about Mr. Taggart:
“Through the sale of some of his work he has raised tens of thousands of dollars for charities and foundations. He also gives of his time and skills to Voices 4 Children Foundation, a Miami-Dade organization that provides funding for legal representation for neglected or abused children, by teaching photography to children in the program.”
And check out his Kansas pictures.