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Indifferenceby `Davenit

Photography / Conceptual

Every see a news broadcast that talkes about someone that got hurt, mugged, murdered, raped and there were tons of people around that did nothing while it went on? That is indifference. I read a while ago about a homeless guy in the streets of NYC that was beaten by some kids. He layed there, in the street, bleeding, while people just walked by... For hours.

He died.

I am sure that behavior is not limited to NYC and the same thing can be related to any city or town in the world. Indifference is killing our spirit. It is not just indifference towards each other. It is indifference towards our environment, towards animals and towards anything different than us and our personal belief set.

I wrote this idea down a long time ago and have never been able to shoot it. This is the best I can do. Touchy subject for me.

Why paintballs? Because it doesn't matter. Could have been apples, water balloons, whatever.

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~DahliaFay Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Apathy to others suffering is one of the greatest of evils

*AwkwardLoser Jul 8, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

>_> That description......

Angers me

~Thumpbunny May 16, 2012

Google Kitty Genovese and you might cringe at the result.

~evilbananalol Jan 25, 2012

This picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Well done.

~Artofthebeholder Dec 15, 2011

The second I saw this, I knew exactly what your purpose in making it was & I've always tried to open peoples eyes & share this same message with them. You've done not only an incredible feat of art but also heroism. I personally am truly grateful that you are brave enough to post this & share it with everyone. It's a message that has long been put on the back burner, something people don't even bother to think about unless it happens to them.
I've always been so sickened & saddened when I hear news about someone who was in trouble, in public & no one did a single thing. I always wish I could have been there, to both help the injured & scream at the indifferent!
Thank you so much for posting this, hopefully this one image will help open the eyes of the indifferent.

~ka-jana Jul 26, 2011

Wow. I guess I was just sort of oblivious to this fact until now. Glad you opened up my eyes to it.

~I-rE-nA-216 May 14, 2011 Student General Artist

reminds me of one story i saw in the news, a girl being chased down a busy street at night, she almost got ran over, but she continued going... and the guy finally caught up to her, threw her down the side walk, and shoot her....
and there were sooo many cars that saw the whole thing!! but didnt help her so she ended up dying.. just laying there....

i think sometimes people could be afraid of what could happen to them if they tried to help out... who knows??? maybe there just that.. ignorant...

~InkSlingerDucky Apr 13, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

Stuff like that angers me to no end...Very recently, a girl was raped and murdered in broad daylight with dozens of witnesses, and everyone just assumed that someone else was calling it in..

I'm glad you've decided to capture that give-a-care laziness.

Good on you.