• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    With photos like this I always wonder if they’re accurate depictions or staged by the photographer/anthropologist?

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      11 days ago

      I mean, other than having them pose for a shot, these are all real aspects of Aboriginal material culture, so I don’t imagine that there’s much staging to be done.

      “Yo this stuff neat as hell. You guys you want to pose for me with these weapons real quick? I want to show the folks back home” (but said in a more racist, condescending manner, and through a translator)

      “Fuck it, I’ve got a free hour or so.”