Deshpandes quote

The setting of the photo is in an alleyway where cardboard and scrap metal are used as roofs and shelter, trash and waste water everywhere. So filthy that us, Americans would label this place as inhabitable and yet there are people in the picture, not just adults but children and even an infant. We chose Deshpande’s quote, “the photographs are rich in their content, but entirely dishonest in their relationship to the environment or the context” because as Americans would think the people living here would be miserable and unhealthy, the face expressions of the children show no sign of sorrow but somewhat curious which the little girl is seeing two boys playing on the side, supporting Deshpande’s claim. The picture’s rich content is the tons of filth we see and the dishonest relationship is how we interpret the picture, our first reactions seeing the kids which would be something like, “How are these people alive!?”
My claim would be about the way the western eye interprets the rest of world, comparing and contrasting cultures, thinking themselves as superior.