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How do we square the artistry and the horror in these pictures? There's a haunting beauty to some of these images. They're elegantly composed studies of form and texture, and their seductive allure reminds us that there's a skilled hand behind the lens. But what of the subject? Nobody chooses to be a poster child for starvation — does the photograph respect the subject's dignity?
Borano, Ethiopia: The Ogaden Welfare Society spent a month digging this well