Jill Greenberg





Jill Greenberg photographs a lot more than monkeys, but I mean … the monkeys. Nice website too.

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The Conversation {5 comments}

  1. Eric 30 January, 07 @ 11:07 am

    She is an amazing talent. I was looking at her site a few months ago and found myself appalled at the photos of the crying children. She apparently sets them up in the studio and gives them a lollipop. She proceeds to take it away and makes them cry. Then snaps up all the pics she wants.

    This is cheating. Instead of capturing despair and sadness, she is creating it. The kids are also without shirts, which adds a level of child pornography that makes me uncomfortable. She is walking the line of child abuse.

    That being said. I love the monkeys.

  2. Justin Ruckman 30 January, 07 @ 1:25 pm

    I don’t think it’s cheating becuase I don’t think there are any rules to break. And kids cry all the time not necessarily out of genuine despair, but to get attention. That’s what she’s capturing — she’s not actually hurting them.

  3. Eric 31 January, 07 @ 11:44 am

    When I say ‘cheating’, I am referring to photojournalists that truly capture emotion in the wake of tragedy. She is in the comfort of her studio, making little kids cry. Kids do cry (i have 3), but if a self righteous photographer intentionally made my kid cry for personal gain, I would punch her in the neck.

    She is an amazing talent, and before I learned of her methods, I liked the crying kid pics too. These kids weren’t crying to get attention. They were being harassed with bright lights in their faces.

    I know I am coming across as a real tight-assed conservative, but I am actually quite the opposite, and far from a prude. The kid thing is just wrong in my book.

  4. Justin Ruckman 31 January, 07 @ 2:17 pm

    Yeah I feel that, I just — I still like them. Anyone following, the series of children is called End Times and you can see it here. Also, here is an interview with Jill about the photoset at Pop Photo.

  5. Eric 01 February, 07 @ 9:10 am

    Come to think of it, I wonder if she was stealing bananas from these monkeys! That bottom one looks sad!

    Save the monkeys!

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