Comments on: This one is worth a thousand words

By: Marcos

Marcos — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:03:43 +0000

The land owner exploits the land according to regulations, leaving 60% of the original rain forest in place. The invading MST cut down large parts of the forest, thus forcing the authorities to take measures to avoid criticism from countries that cut down their own forests hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Dramatic photo but not depicting what really happened. Countless efforts have been made to offer these groups vacant lands that they can exploit, but they insist on invading the most productive and lucrative, fully equipped plantations. Also, you can hire these groups if you are in project development. They will secure ownership (after 5 years of occupation) and take care of environmental issues (maximum construction %) for you. No government wants to be associated with photos like above, so they are mostly left alone. Good business!

By: Dubai

Dubai — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:07:54 +0000

agree on this, I think you don’t need to have a caption, because images speaks to itself.

By: Thomas Rausch

Thomas Rausch — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:14:33 +0000

By viewing this photo zhe first thing I asked myself was “What has happend to this woman and her little child after taking that photo?” Can anybody tell me?

By: Orlando Wedding

Orlando Wedding — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:36:51 +0000

The photo is great. But i feel sorry with that woman and her child

By: Josh Silva

Josh Silva — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:16:07 +0000

This photo is stunning! And unfortunatelly it depicts very well what’s going on in Brazil. I sincerelly hope to see this extraordinary photography among the awarded ones when they decide which is the best picture of the year, at the Grand Prix of Photo-Journalism competition.

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By: Capt. Dallas

Capt. Dallas — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:23:51 +0000

I think that the photo is great. However, merely looking at the picture and then assuming that one can easily judge the morality of the situation is ridiculous. Yes, the photo is dramatic. Yes, there is text-book juxtaposition. But to say that the picture proves that squatters should be allowed to take what is not theirs makes no sense.

It is too bad that Brazilian laws do not aid the Landless Movement more adequately so that they do not need to break the law. But they are. This is simply a picture of one woman (of many) involved in a large scale eviction.

In response to the original question, “do we need to know the details to know that this is wrong?”, the answer is Yes! Would you have faith in the fairness of a court decision if you knew the judge was never present for the trial? Maybe, the picture in question is of a human right violation or maybe of a severe lack of empathy but to judge that we need not question the circumstances is blatant naivety.

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wedding photography san diego — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:19:17 +0000

photographs really talk about reality and touch lives.

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By: lolo

lolo — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:15:02 +0000

“How can anybody own any part of Earth? You can own only what you made with your own hands which is also doubtful because you need materials produced by Nature (God) to make anything, even a child. This “civilization” will end like many similar before.”

No, Robi, not like many before. The end of this civilization will be so much worse than anything that’s been recorded by man. Blame overpopulation and complete lack of regard for this bubble which is all that supports us.

My main question to all you “conservatives” (as in, I conserve everything for myself) is: how many Brazilians who work hard have enough money to buy land? It’s a near universal truth that those who work hardest cannot climb out of poverty. Unless you call sitting in an office where your dad got you a job “hard work”. Even in the US, that’s pretty much a bad joke.

Go get a soul.