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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFacebook removes page after ‘Peace on Earth’ photo incites outrage
http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/family-holiday-portrait-duct-tape/On Sunday, a Louisiana-based studio called Hannah Hawkes Photography posted a series of recent family holiday portraits to Facebook. Hawkes' Facebook page described her as a (n)ewly established, local photographer specializing in family, maternity, and engagement sessions. Among the holiday photos that Hawkes shared over the weekend, one stood out from the rest:
The photo depicts a family of five posing together, flanked by evergreen trees. A woman, presumably the mother, and two little girls, presumably the daughters, sit in a row with bright green duct tape covering their mouths and a string of Christmas lights binding their arms. A little boy, presumably a son, stands behind them raising his fist, while a man, presumably the father, kneels and holds a sign, reading "Peace on earth." The identities of the five individuals are unknown.
Though the photo perpetuates the adage of "Women should be seen and not heard"a notion that some may find amusing to parody ironicallyan image of girls and women silenced and restrained by men also suggests far darker connotations. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates that one in three women in the United States will be victims of intimate partner violence over the course of their lives, and that a woman is physically abused every nine seconds.
Given these staggering facts, it is not difficult to see why, by Tuesday morning, the Facebook fan page for Hannah Hawkes Photography had been deleted, along with the hundreds of shares that spread the photo virally. Some people, though, are continuing to post their concerns about the photograph and its photographer, indicating that they will not patron Hawkes business should she relaunch her page.
Though the photo perpetuates the adage of "Women should be seen and not heard"a notion that some may find amusing to parody ironicallyan image of girls and women silenced and restrained by men also suggests far darker connotations. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates that one in three women in the United States will be victims of intimate partner violence over the course of their lives, and that a woman is physically abused every nine seconds.
Given these staggering facts, it is not difficult to see why, by Tuesday morning, the Facebook fan page for Hannah Hawkes Photography had been deleted, along with the hundreds of shares that spread the photo virally. Some people, though, are continuing to post their concerns about the photograph and its photographer, indicating that they will not patron Hawkes business should she relaunch her page.
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Facebook removes page after ‘Peace on Earth’ photo incites outrage (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2015
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pnwmom
(108,980 posts)1. What an odd photo. They apparently thought this was funny?
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)2. others did as well
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)3. Could be good or bad
It all depends on the viewpoint of the viewer.
Either it is support of hate or it is exposing hateful ideas.
I am sad that it got removed, though I never had seen it until now.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)4. Please explain how it could be "good"
seriously...
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)5. it could be exposing hateful ideas
as stated in the post you responded to.
DLevine
(1,788 posts)6. Wow, that photo is sick. nt
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)7. Hateful photo
I know he was trying to be funny but.. damn
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)8. Oh, a misogynistic 'joke'.
How 'funny'.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)9. Perhaps the intent
was not well presented and they meant it to be a snarky illustration of what's wrong in our society...
just can't tell. It could also be a crappy illustration of a sicko's view of how it should be.
Not the best idea from either standpoint.
malaise
(269,049 posts)10. It's disgusting
seriously,
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)11. police and CPS should be interviewing that woman and her daughters
Octafish
(55,745 posts)12. That is sick.
We really are going into some sad, sad places.
That is not art. That is a template for associating the paternalistic subtext of the holidays with sexual violence.