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Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara, who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s. Take away: criminals are vain too.

jama211 9mo ago
Yup, they want to be documented. Tale as old as time.
articulatepang 9mo ago
For those who don’t know: the film City of God is based on this, and it’s a great movie. One of my all-time favorites. The directing, acting photography and storytelling are all very well done. Worth anyone’s time.
- arwhatever 9mo ago
  I could watch it once a year, indefinitely.
- barrenko 9mo ago
  I have to rewatch what, been a decade.
  - noduerme 9mo ago
    From 2002. It's crazy how happy I was to have 360p mpeg rips back then. I'm gonna have to re-pirate it tonight.
rayiner 9mo ago
Same thing with the Taliban: https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2021/10/4/taliban-portraits https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2021/10/4/taliban-portraits By the way, there is a Taliban who looks exactly like Christian Bale: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/13EB0/production/_88448518_dfe037a7-d514-4ddb-b87b-3127fd2b72bb.jpg.webp https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/13EB0/pr...
- cucumber3732842 9mo ago
  Why wouldn't an up and coming government administration want to take professional photos and engage in all the other trappings of legitimate government?
  - inglor_cz 9mo ago
    One interesting thing about the situation is that Islamic religious authorities used to have conflicting views on permissibility of portraits and depictions of living beings in general, which is also why so much Islamic medieval art is abstract. Abstract art was religiously safe. Ubiquity and practicality of photography basically destroyed the restrictive side of the conflict. As you can see, even the Taliban seems to be on the permissive side now. (IIRC some of the most extreme forms of Islamic State in Syria/Iraq tried to ban photography of humans and animals.)
  - rayiner 9mo ago
    I agree. Syria’s new leader, a former Al Qaeda, put on a suit and got a major glow up: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-president-al-sharaa-meets-french-counterpart-macron-and-caesar https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-preside.... Macron embraced him warmly. News orgs gave him positive coverage. Then Trump said what everyone was thinking: he looks pretty good in a suit: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-syria-president-trump-meeting-b2750711.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-a....
    - digikazi 9mo ago
      I have no idea why you’re being downvoted, since what you say is objectively true.

jama211 9mo ago

Yup, they want to be documented. Tale as old as time.

articulatepang 9mo ago

For those who don’t know: the film City of God is based on this, and it’s a great movie. One of my all-time favorites. The directing, acting photography and storytelling are all very well done. Worth anyone’s time.

arwhatever 9mo ago
I could watch it once a year, indefinitely.
barrenko 9mo ago
I have to rewatch what, been a decade.
- noduerme 9mo ago
  From 2002. It's crazy how happy I was to have 360p mpeg rips back then. I'm gonna have to re-pirate it tonight.

rayiner 9mo ago

Same thing with the Taliban: https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2021/10/4/taliban-portraits https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2021/10/4/taliban-portraits By the way, there is a Taliban who looks exactly like Christian Bale: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/13EB0/production/_88448518_dfe037a7-d514-4ddb-b87b-3127fd2b72bb.jpg.webp https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/13EB0/pr...

cucumber3732842 9mo ago
Why wouldn't an up and coming government administration want to take professional photos and engage in all the other trappings of legitimate government?
- inglor_cz 9mo ago
  One interesting thing about the situation is that Islamic religious authorities used to have conflicting views on permissibility of portraits and depictions of living beings in general, which is also why so much Islamic medieval art is abstract. Abstract art was religiously safe. Ubiquity and practicality of photography basically destroyed the restrictive side of the conflict. As you can see, even the Taliban seems to be on the permissive side now. (IIRC some of the most extreme forms of Islamic State in Syria/Iraq tried to ban photography of humans and animals.)
- rayiner 9mo ago
  I agree. Syria’s new leader, a former Al Qaeda, put on a suit and got a major glow up: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-president-al-sharaa-meets-french-counterpart-macron-and-caesar https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20250508-syrian-interim-preside.... Macron embraced him warmly. News orgs gave him positive coverage. Then Trump said what everyone was thinking: he looks pretty good in a suit: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-al-sharaa-syria-president-trump-meeting-b2750711.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ahmad-a....
  - digikazi 9mo ago
    I have no idea why you’re being downvoted, since what you say is objectively true.