The Viral Image Of The Syrian Boy Sleeping Between The Graves Of His Parents Is Fake
The photo is actually part of an ongoing art project.posted on
Chances are you’ve seen this very very viral photo of what was purported to a little
boy from Syria sleeping between the graves of his parents. Well, it was staged.
The photo was taken by photographer Abdel Aziz Al-Atibi. The boy in the photo
is his nephew and it was taken for a conceptual art project that Al-Taibi was
working on.
The image was taken out of context, most likely by english-speaking users
where it quickly gained momentum before it hit the front page of Reddit
Thursday night. It’s been viewed over a million times on Imgur.eddit.com
Al-Taibi tried to fight the misinformation around the photo on his Twitter
and Instagram but it’s still going strong under the fake caption as of Friday morning.instagram.com
The original meaning behind the photo was a somewhat satirical statement
on how children might feel like their parents are more affectionate in death
than in life. Al-Taibi works on pieces about domestic violence often.
“It’s absurd how people can easily be manipulated without going back to the
source and the facts,” Al-Atibi told beirut.com about how easily the photo
went viral under the wrong caption.
Ryan Broderick
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/the-viral-image-of-the-syrian-boy-sleeping-between-the-grave
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