In
Der Spiegel, Friederike Ott polls Europe's photographers on
their increasingly desperate quest to find compelling images to use in
illustrating stories about the Eurozone crisis. Taking pictures of
distressed Euro coins isn't cutting it anymore.
"It is difficult to keep finding a new approach," he says. "I'm glad the
euro coins have different designs in each country. That makes it
possible to vary things at least a bit."
Lighting effects can help. "A euro coin that is half in shadow
immediately looks far more dramatic," he says. When Spain and Italy came
under pressure in financial markets a few weeks ago, Stratenschulte lit
sparklers and placed them behind two euro coins standing on their
edges. The head of King Juan Carlos and the Leonarda da Vinci's
Vitruvian Man stood in a sea of sparks.
Update: In the comments, Sagodjur
nails it:
To paraphrase Orwell:
"If you want an illustrative photograph of the European debt crisis,
stage a scene involving a one-percenter's Testoni dress shoe stamping on
an impoverished human's face - forever."
The Absurd Quest for Euro Crisis Images
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