Shutterbabe Response

This article was interesting to me because it was more of a story-based reading. I liked that it gave a lot of insight to what the life of a photojournalist covering a story is. The story of the “unrecoverables” made me feel sick to my stomach. As Americans we often forget that other countries do not have the same healthcare standards as our country. Deborah’s decision to hand her story over to her friend Jim is a decision I would have a hard time making as a professional photographer. She had to decide between money or morality, and possibly changing the lives of these orphans. I think that would be a hard call to make, especially when photography is your career, or more importantly, your way of making money. I liked when the author wrote her thought processes out in the reading, when it seemed to be just a free flow of her thoughts towards Doru. I think in this case, Deborah made the right choice in giving up her story. The karma repayment she received after only confirms her decision. I don’t think I could be a photojournalist, because covering a story as intense as the “unrecoverables” would be a truly complex job, however it would be extremely rewarding if the work generated a newfound understanding or urgency to fix the situation of these orphans.