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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Judging Art Research Compiled by
K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction Art is one of the most subjective things in the world. Every time one
person exclaims "That is a masterpiece!" someone else looks at him like hes got broccoli growing to of his ears. With that in mind, this paper describes the Stephanie Sinclair
photograph "Self-Immolation in Afghanistan: A Cry for Help" in teleological, ethical, moral and aesthetic terms. Discussion The photograph is of the head of a woman whos been burned. She is
lying on her back, her head is wrapped in a gauze bandage that encircles it from chin to crown; it frames her face, in other words. And her entire face
is covered by a square of gauze that extend several inches on all sides. Just visible through the gauze are her features; her nose and mouth appear to be bloody
but nothing else is visible. The women in these photographs have set themselves afire. In his review of the exhibit, Doug McClemont calls Sinclairs photos a "major letdown" and says
that despite being "emotionally provocative," her photos never move beyond photojournalism (2010). The images of the burned women are "effectively disturbing, and tell an important tale, but each strikes the
same note emotionally and artistically" (McClemont, 2010). One question that should be asked and apparently was not is this: are photos of burned women, most of whom die, art? It
teeters on the edge of exploitation and spectacle, and certainly bad taste; one wonders why Sinclair exhibited them as art rather than a photojournalistic essay, where it might have found
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