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Originally Posted by Cole436
I think the thing that disturbs me the most about it, is that the photographer was taking photos of the events, instead of helping stop them...
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I disagree. She would be putting herself up against a raging lunatic and would have likely enraged him further. She makes it clear that she confirmed the police had been called and then continued photographing. Secondly, this isn't some occasional occurrence in society that can actually be improved upon with one person intervening. Documenting the abuse and putting a picture to what is typically a very private subject is important imo. Most importantly, it doesn't appear she was there with the intention of photographing domestic violence- it happened to occur while documenting the life of an ex-convict. Some might say she saw the warning signs and knew it would inevitably happen, but still- what was she supposed to do? Call the police beforehand and say she thinks this guy will eventually assault his girlfriend?