My dear friend, I don't agree with people taking photos of bad things or less favored people just to show off. But photography can be a weapon to denounce atrocities and social problems. Look at Salgado at the mines, or Dorothea Lange with her photos of the Great Depression. One thing is the "Instagram" thing, and people acting like paparazzi, another different thing is people who make a serious job and make the difference through their photos.
I think this post of yours is the last case. By posting it you are denouncing the problem. It's serious., and people see the difference.
I made a post on Steemit with my vision about this theme, but can´t find it anymore.... But the link to it on my website is this one, if you bother to read it.
http://www.isabelnolasco.com/by-loving-photography-so-much/
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Nice text on your blog @nolasco. I fell in love with photography at the age of 12, and it has been a very strong relationship ever since.
I started the above line of thoughts after realising that Magnum photographers came up with the strong rough contrasts to depict more of the roughness of war; but a few years (or decades) later it had become a much-loved aesthetic, and the grittiness wasn't perceived as this anymore...
I'm still for shoot-what-you-love in photography though.
I'm also for that. I can't make my mind about an area or other, as what I love to do is to photograph. I'm a late bloomer but I've always loved photography and wanted to know how to. Life brought me to other paths but I've realized that I could still learn and follow my passion. Thanks for elucidating me and for reading my post!