It’s Just A Picture, Part I

Published: September 28, 2007, 10:45 am

Tags: photography, war, ethics, movies, history

Seems a lot of people are upset by things that are dramatised depictions of actual events. First, Southern Beale has a bit of info about this picture. This photo turns up all over the right-wing media, but the 'stoning' actually takes place in a 1994 Dutch indie film called De Steen, directed by Mahnaz Tamizi. The teenage girl' is actress Smadar Monsinos. She has gotten her information from Sadly, No. However, the story deepens somewhat from here. Several commenters at her place assert that This is NO actress… This was a woman in her 20’s in the city of Arok in Iran and the photo was taken in 1992 and the photographer GAVE IT to Tamizi. I of course believe it is entirely possible that the movie was based on a photograph given to Tamizi, so that both groups are partially right. I’ve been trying to find Tamizi’s story about the creation of the film, but I’ve not yet been able to find it.

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