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Judging America: Photographer Challenges Our Prejudice By Alternating Between Judgment and Reality
Joel Parés, a U.S. Marine-turned-professional photographer, has created an interesting photo series that seeks to question the ugly prejudices that many of us harbor, to one extent or another, against groups of people different from ourselves.
Parés’ photo series at first presents us with characters symbolic of the prejudices suffered by various groups based on their ethnicity, socio-economic status or sexual preference. Then, however, they show us the real people behind these often false characters – the violent gangster turns out to be a Harvard graduate and an exhausted gardener turns out to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
“Many of us are in the habit of judging others incorrectly by ethnicity, by their profession, and by their sexual interest,” Parés told PetaPixel about his photo ideas. “The purpose of this series is to open our eyes for social issues and make us think twice before judging someone because we all judge even if we try not to.”
More info: joelpares.com | Facebook | 500px (h/t: petapixel)
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RaechelCella-Bott 11 years ago
I think this is kinda dumb. You could put a scowl on anyone and they would be threatening, not to mention a gun... noose, or a knife.
TaraynMarissa 11 years ago
It's not about how they are smiling...It's how people PERCEIVE them. These people could be smiling &people would STILL see them as mean.
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JennyBernhardKelly 11 years ago
I think this is shallow, intellectually dishonest & dumb. If you don't *know* a person- all you have as quick judgement is their attire
HazelWaring 11 years ago
I don't understand. OF COURSE we judge by surroundings! If they are holding guns, I'm not likely to hang around and make polite conversation
Blackray44 11 years ago
No, i think the point here is that people percieve them as those stereotypes they're not actually dressed that way.
Load More Replies... RaechelCella-Bott 11 years ago
I think this is kinda dumb. You could put a scowl on anyone and they would be threatening, not to mention a gun... noose, or a knife.
TaraynMarissa 11 years ago
It's not about how they are smiling...It's how people PERCEIVE them. These people could be smiling &people would STILL see them as mean.
Load More Replies... JennyBernhardKelly 11 years ago
I think this is shallow, intellectually dishonest & dumb. If you don't *know* a person- all you have as quick judgement is their attire
HazelWaring 11 years ago
I don't understand. OF COURSE we judge by surroundings! If they are holding guns, I'm not likely to hang around and make polite conversation
Blackray44 11 years ago
No, i think the point here is that people percieve them as those stereotypes they're not actually dressed that way.
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