Originally posted by soccerjoe5 Here in my country, there's a big chunk of poverty. I'm sure there are people whose lives would be touched by a simple portrait.
Actually, your question is the challenge
How can you touch someone's life with a photo?
well that's all well and good, there is plenty of poverty right here in the USA as well. right here in my city. but if I go and take a portrait of say someone living in a shelter or even, worse on the streets what good would it do? could it bring me satisfaction? not likely. could it uplift their spirits? maybe, maybe not. depends I suppose on a number of things. but in the end, those people I photographed are still impoverished and I didn't do anything that would actually help them get of the situation, all I did was give them a photo. I would sooner set someone up with a local church or non-profit for help. my camera would do nothing. I don't even take photos of homeless people. because I couldn't walkaway knowing I did so but really did nothing to help them.
I simply do not get how this will actually help anyone other than the photographers to feel better about themselves.