In the past weeks it seems that we’ve been flooded with the inescapable images of Wall Street’s downfall as markets have plunged, and continued to do so despite the passing of a bailout bill.
What surprised me most, was the relative sameness of the photos being published, mostly through The Associated Press — seems some photographers are stalking the floor looking for downtrodden stock brokers… and they’ve found many examples.
Most photos seem to illustrate the feeling on Wall Street by finding stock brokers with their hands covering part or all of their faces.
Here’s a few from the last couple days:
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AP Photo
AP Photo
AP Photo
It’s not that I’m against taking photos of stock brokers who are obviously not feeling great about Wall Street at the moment, it’s just that I’d like to see more photos published that focus on how regular people are dealing with the market … like this one:
AP Photo
I have a feeling the problem comes down to limited space for photos — if you can only publish one photo to illustrate the Wall Street crisis, most likely you will pick from the ones with stock brokers.
