Comments on: Vogue India’s Controversy http://blog.sabasearch.com/vogue-indias-controversy/ Houston's South Asian Community Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brown Man http://blog.sabasearch.com/vogue-indias-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Brown Man Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:49:08 +0000 http://blog.sabasearch.com/?p=226#comment-1643 This is distasteful to the highest level! I wonder if Vogue India or even if the photographers offered these people any money or compensation for the picture. And if so, was it as much as they would have paid a top model in the West? I have been to India and I took many pictures of the locals. They were just happy that you wanted to interact with them and would take maybe 10 Rs. As a photographer, I can see how the magazine wanted to indicate the contrast between high fashion and poor developing people, but this is just in bad taste. I hope that people boycott such items. This is distasteful to the highest level! I wonder if Vogue India or even if the photographers offered these people any money or compensation for the picture. And if so, was it as much as they would have paid a top model in the West?

I have been to India and I took many pictures of the locals. They were just happy that you wanted to interact with them and would take maybe 10 Rs. As a photographer, I can see how the magazine wanted to indicate the contrast between high fashion and poor developing people, but this is just in bad taste. I hope that people boycott such items.

]]> By: what tha? http://blog.sabasearch.com/vogue-indias-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 what tha? Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:03:22 +0000 http://blog.sabasearch.com/?p=226#comment-1612 Not only is the poor man holding a $200 umbrella... its not even raining! And the child is wearing a bib and not eating.. forget the poor/rich controversy, how about some logistical consistancy! Vogue India needs a good slap in the face! But on a serious note, that is pretty sad when they abuse their own country people to sell off their product... Not only is the poor man holding a $200 umbrella… its not even raining! And the child is wearing a bib and not eating.. forget the poor/rich controversy, how about some logistical consistancy! Vogue India needs a good slap in the face! But on a serious note, that is pretty sad when they abuse their own country people to sell off their product…

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