This viral photo from #bringbackourgirls? She’s not Nigerian. And she’s not abducted. Ami Vitale’s photographs of women from Guinea-Bissau, including this one, have been taken out of context. (Courtesy of Ami Vitale) Early Wednesday morning in her Montana home, photographer Ami Vitale’s phone chirped with a fresh message. Her friend had just pinged her, and the news made the National Geographic photographer, who has shot in nations from Afghanistan to Ethiopia to Tibet, get on Twitter immediately. She punched in the hashtag #bringbackourgirls, and saw it: her photography. Everywhere. She couldn’t believe it. She’d heard that 276 Nigerian girls had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram three weeks ago and supported any effort to get them back — but not like this. MORE>>> lovingenergies.spruz/pt/This-viral-photo-from-bringbackourgirls-Shes-not-Nigerian-And-shes-not-abducted/blog.htm
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 22:56:51 +0000
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