Thread by @duckrabbitblog

I'm not sure enough people quite get it.

@MagnumPhotos have been outing children, some very young, as 'child prostitutes'.

They have been doing this for profit and under the cover of 'journalism'.

Through various outlets they continue to attempt to profit from these images. They include young children that appear distressed by the camera and who are attempting to hide their identity.

Always kids from 'poor' countries.

This would be a criminal offence with a UK child.

A picture of a child allegedly being raped was used on social to promote a @MagnumPhotos competition.

David Alan Harvey and Martin Parr(@parrstudio) were on the jury of that competition which awarded first prize to pic of the early stages of a child's gang-rape.

Explains why they don't want to share a code of conduct.

Their statements omit the words 'child abuse'. And their President Olivia Arthur @oliviaarthur shamefully dimisses the issues as 'historical'.

What a morally bankrupt group leads.

https://twitter.com/duckrabbitblog/status/1324705252013203457

In case you don't believe me.

Pre-pubescent boys. Described by @MagnumPhotos as 'Juvenile Prostitutes'. Attempting to hide their faces from the camera (in a police station).

Pics for sale.

A form of pimping @oliviaarthur and proof that kids need protecting from @MagnumPhotos

In case you don't believe me.

NPR article on the use of a photo of a child being allegedly raped to promote a @MagnumPhotos competition.

npr.org/sections/goats…

In case you don't believe me.

Jury for @MagnumPhotos competition. )Parr was president of Magnum at the time.)

Winner Sandra Hoyn describes the rape that featured in the winning photos.

'I felt like I was abusing her ...'

So when @TomSeymour reports that 'An “in-depth review” of the archive was announced by Magnum president Olivia Arthur on 14 August. The review remains ongoing.'

Know this.

3 months on they are still trying to profit from outing children as 'prostitutes'.

Vile.

I believe this is the caption that Parr, Harvey and the rest of the @magnumphoto and Lensculture judges will have read when awarding the work.

There can have been no doubt they were giving the prize for a photo of a child, sold into sexual abuse, who is being raped.

This from @magnumphotos is basically an advert to go and rape children in Thailand. Camera takes the guy (described as a client) POV. A real turn-on for pedophiles.

'Young girl' $12.

Tag 'Children's work'.

Search term 'child prostitute'.

Any minute now @MagnumPhotos will declare it's not a picture of a child. We are mistaken. It's just been mislabeled. It's a bargirl. She's an adult. And the website it's being sold from has nothing to do with them.

Blah blah blah.

I spoke with an East African child abuse investigator this week.

'Images that give the idea you can travel and have sex with children lead adults to go and do just that.'

I shouldn't need to point out the problems with @MagnumPhotos framing of child rape victims.

Ask yourself why does @MagnumPhotos sell an image like this?

It's a toddler. Fully identifiable. Sucking on a bottle. Playing with his semi-erect penis.

Who are you selling to?

What does that have to do with journalism @oliviaarthur @caitlin_hughes

So yeah. @MagnumPhotos and their mystery code of conduct. Give me a break.

By the way. For context please have a read of my open letter to @MagnumPhotos president @oliviaarthur.

duckrabbit.info/blog/2020/08/a…

.@oliviaarthur are you not just a little bit embarrassed and ashamed that as President of @MagnumPhotos you have to have my twitter account monitored.

To take down photos of child abuse from your agency archive ONLY when they are called out?

A full three months on from when you asked people to trust and believe you that you would actually do the work?

Will just add this to thread given it's relevancy.

https://twitter.com/duckrabbitblog/status/1324804124735610882

Adding this to the thread. Demonstrates as of this moment Magnum continue to try and profit from the three year old bottle photo.

https://twitter.com/duckrabbitblog/status/1325056289219743746