Nude photographs of the Dinka: art or exploitation?

Would you get away with photographing naked westerners and selling the images online ?

A series of photographs of the Dinka people in South Sudan has been , with the images available to buy online for around $600 each. While some of them are stunning, they raise questions for me about consent and representation.

My first thought on seeing Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher's work was whether the pair would get away with photographing nude westerners and selling their photos online?

I wonder whether the photographers told their subjects that their images would be published, and sold, and in what form. I am also concerned that the “subjects”, the Dinka tribe in this instance, do not share in the profits. Would they give permission if they knew what would become of their photos?

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