Crying Children Photo Serie by Jill Greenberg Studio

Jill Greenberg
Crying Children Photo Serie “end times” by Jill Greenberg, a Photographer from Canada.
6/29/2010
06:21

it’s amazing how the emotions jump up off the screen!

Yidam
6/29/2010
09:16

i’m a little concerned at HOW he made them cry (lol)

Bryan Matias
6/29/2010
09:45

I listened to her speak at Semi Permanent 2010. Amazing stuff. To make them cry, the parents of the kids would take their favorite toys away, and do other similar things, so it was relatively harmless.

Stas Belkov
6/29/2010
10:06

Imagine if I specialized in photos of distressed animals. People sure love animals — that’s super. So why do we hate our children?

Paul Jubenvill
6/29/2010
10:52

oh~ this is so amazing!!!

susan cheng
6/29/2010
11:41

As a parent i feel stressed when watching these pictures, what may seem harmless to us (take a toy away) is not at all harmless to a child, specially in a strange environment with a camera pointed at them. For me there’s nothing good about purposely make children suffer emotionally for a good picture. To me these are beautiful pictures with quite low morale behind them…

Bruno Crociquia
6/29/2010
13:42

Yep. Imagine if someone takes your work, house and car in order to shoot a photo if you when crying..

davide
6/29/2010
14:48

the 2nd from the bottom is the best! haha

digitalove
6/29/2010
23:47

… and even if the technique was not harmful [betrayed by the expressions of the children, their only God-given way of indicating distress], another question remains: why will somebody delight in taking and/or viewing these photos?

Bruno above, as a parent, indicates stress… I suspect that is a healthy reaction to the photos. What other reaction is happening that causes somebody to desire or enjoy these photos? and why?

Paul Jubenvill
6/30/2010
13:37

Weird as fuck. If anything, scary.

Anthony
7/1/2010
01:44

Gorgeous! Studied this artist in photography class… and still amazed by this work.

Liz pod
7/3/2010
00:28

So I have to say, although on an emotional level, it tugs at you to decry this as barbarity. On a pure practical level, there was nothing psychologically significant in taking away a child’s toy, whether as punishment for misbehaving or this current application.

Years of societal denigration of child abuse makes us sensitive to any potential exploitation. This mostly a good thing.

Robert Thompson
7/3/2010
06:46

I love the lighting set up and processing.

ProphBundy
7/8/2010
20:54

The idea that enjoyment or pleasure are the only things photography or art are meant to evoke is kind of laughable. If the pictures distress you, that’s a valid reaction and probably one the artist foresaw or sought.

Megan
7/14/2010
00:00

Images and videos of dead and dying pre-born infants also ‘distress me,’ but there doesn’t seem to be many artists seeking that reaction… So the artist is okay to provoke unhelpful reactions by expressing perversions when society tolerates it, but not okay to express legitimate and meaningful messages when society would rather not think about it. What a waste of an artist.

Paul Jubenvill
7/17/2010
19:22

I work with children for 10 hours everyday for the last 8 years and these photos are fantastic I never realised how amazing and powerful childrens emotions are! It’s something I see a lot of but have never thought of as beautiful . Children cry so easily but it’s not like when adults cry they just let tears out and then forgot about it 5 mins later. Fantastic, keep snapping :)

Kerryanne
7/17/2010
19:42

<— Loves animals a lot more than children.

Alice
7/31/2010
21:16

THE FOTOS ARE BEAUFIFUL , BUT ARE SAD AND CRUEL IDON“T LIKE realy I hate . ARE you parents

VERA
8/23/2010
14:49

I love them!!!! the lighting, the expressions, composition, and I love the kids!!
good work!

joanna rengel
9/21/2010
23:11

Not sure how I feel about the process used.
She is a master of light no question but the only reason these photos are popular is the post processing. Look up AMY DRESSER, she is the driver behind these pics. I hate that famous photogs come in, lights set up by assistants, click the shutter and reap the rewards. I encourage everyone to learn and do their own post processing. I could not let someone else, do all the work and take credit for it.

Framed Photography
11/11/2010
14:03

It is not good to see children traumatised, irrespective what methods are used, it still remains pshycological stress.

Charles Abrahams
12/11/2010
03:27

It’s sick to make children cry. Don’t want to know the sick people having a macabre pleasure looking at these pictures. This lady should probably have a photo shooting with farting pensioners. Big emotions too when the gas is passing.

Nicole
12/20/2010
11:29

I think they are too much “hue/saturated” :)

Boris
1/29/2011
05:54

Why do these children have their clothes off? You can take a good picture of them crying without taking all of their clothes off!!! I think these kids have been abducted and they are crying because they want their parents…And some sicko pedifile and is getting off showing these pictures…I wonder where these children are now??? Dead perhaps! Whomever is behind this, you need to seek help and should be prosecuted!

None ya
3/9/2011
08:39

I agree with None ya: WTF…ARE THE CHILDREN WITHOUT CLOTHS ON. I think this site should be reported. How do I do that?

Lorna
3/15/2011
02:46

@Loma: You can report my site here: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=report+pedophile+content

Jonas Kamber
9/12/2011
11:32

I don’t know what to say..if children cry..I have a candy but…

Ram
10/6/2011
11:03

I work with children and they are not always distressed when they cry, crying is just a power struggle with kids. They can switch it on and off like a tap. So I don’t believe this is as traumatising as it may appear. When you work with kids every day you learn that it is not in fact always emotional.

Andre
11/11/2011
11:51

um i am concerned why none of them have shirts on

gavin duquette
11/11/2011
19:45

aproxemetlry how old are they

gavin duquette
12/21/2011
21:00

It doesn’t take much to make kids cry. Probably told them Yo Gabba Gabba was canceled.

Adam Daly
2/24/2012
16:38

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