Journalism without the crap

A good friend of mine sent me a link to MJ’s Photo essay on Phone Sex Operators, and asked for my thought on this. At first I thought it was a prank – as the thumbnails of the photos seemed to be a bit revealing, especially when he posted that on my facebook, where I still have not yet set out proper privacy levels (say my boss is on my facebook, duh!).

To my surprise, I was moved. This is good journalism – a subtle lens for us to see things in different light while maintaining neutral point of view. More importantly, you feel like you grow up slightly before and after reading the essay.

For the aesthetics of these amazing photos, and for taking a step back and see the world from someone else points of view, I recommend you to check out the photo essay, too. Oh, and by all means let me know what you think. I’ll end this post by my favourite quote,

I try to heal the wounds that our closed-minded society inflicts.
It may sound weird, but it’s true.

We as people should learn to talk and listen to our neighbors and share our inner light.

I wish the world was run by phone sex operators.