User:Adambiswanger1/Image POV

It seems to me that images defy all other precedents of neutrality and factual accuracy demanded of text. This is true especially in articles of cities, where even in the poorest areas of the world slums are very rarely shown, and only the highlights of a city are granted article space. For example, the article Ethiopia presents images of an alive and mirthful populace, without any images of the starvation or drought that run rampant there. Also, Kolkata, which is rather well-known for its slums has as its visual representation of this sector a rather handsome image of the roof of an impoverished household, which I feel is not nearly indicative enough of the poverty going on there.

Also, certain images go slightly overboard in their beautification of national landmarks, as in the image of the perfectly illuminated Eiffel Tower in the Paris article. The brochure-like trend that has slowly creeped up on us needs to stop.

There are no images of flood-tossed cars in Bangladesh, no war in Sudan, no boring streets in St. Louis, no littered streets in New York, no bombed buildings in Baghdad, no smog in Mexico City, no welfare lines in Moscow, no overcrowding in Tokyo, no smokestacks in Warsaw, and the list goes on. I'm beginning to get tired of all of the glamour shots. We need to have more images that capture the essence of the entity, instead of its highlights. AdamBiswanger1 03:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)