Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story

[crudhousefull]

Let's not promote stupid political ploys like 'leading the firefight'. Common now look through the crap to find truth. Don't glorify the crap

[valkin15]

women soldiers? I agree. I think they can diffuse violent situations better.

message from this video: get your ignorance and stupidity out of the way, because the old "fight fire with fire" bullshit just doesn't work that way. work it out.

[valkin15]

@Leodude1 religion, in theory, is good. its the people and what they do with it that can fuck it up. just like anything in the world.

[orangepeelpeel]

Storytelling: focus on what's dignified, courageous and beautiful and it grows.

[jazzigod]

His work is incredible both in technical terms and prolific ones. So inspired right now.

[freshhug]

Always nice to see pictures but the pictures arent very special. This is just another India'n born with a gold spoon, without real skillz lifted by money and his friends in power.

[Mrmoc7]

@freshhug

Lol, wow. What a dick.

[JackMoranRain]

these pictures are quite simply astonishingly powerful and beautiful. i really can't describe, or do justice with words, the feelings they stir up inside me.

[LemonLimeLaughter]

I'm glad that he is apologizing for what he did. This is not only beneficial for him. I bet his campaign of forgiveness is actually easing the suffering that he has caused.

If somebody caused suffering in your life, what would make you feel better, executing the perpetrator? or him sincerely apologizing and putting the past to rest? I may be completely wrong though.

[thealgor]

Great photos and stories, thanks!

[lexleon]

Great work Ryan Lobo. So many stories in all your shots. It has been proven that not forgiving causes cancer. As part of the human family it not up to us to pass judgment, It's up to us to forgive so we may be forgiven.

[hotellogin1]

Go ahead, call me racist - but Indian accents are annoying as hell ...

[lkjhgfdsa954]

meh, its not bad, i think its just a mindset

try to get past that

[jamblinuk]

"annoying" is a mind construct that, as we all can see, has you enslaved - see how limited you are by defining a "sound" as annoying

[SuPeRBoB2701]

Wonderful storytelling....

[Mrmoc7]

For all those who will like to execute this guy, let us not forget that he's now become an Evangelist Pastor, essentially, the de facto leader of his community. If his execution was placed on a ballot, it probably wouldn't pass. I'm afraid this guy, because of the context within which he committed his crimes, will get away with single-handedly killing 10,000 people and eating children's hearts!

[carbonhealth]

what an irony , an Evangelist Pastor ?? That fit exactly the pictures...those western churches are responsible, like in south America, for even more mass murders, so what else to take this devil and make him an employee for the devilish church, and it fits that the only 2 pictures of forgiveness are the 2 retarded people...where is the Mother who lost her son ? Shall we praise Hitler and celebrate forgiveness, if he would become a member of the establish church ?

[Mrmoc7]

@carbonhealth

"Shall we praise Hitler and celebrate forgiveness, if he would become a member of the establish church ?"

Of course not. Luckily, the community from which Hitler hailed in Germany was able to easily produce less genocidal leaders. My fear is that this Lobo guy is probably the only leader of his community, the only symbol they can gather around. Kill him, and everything falls apart again...

[Mrmoc7]

@carbonhealth

I would only suggest that outsiders not forcibly put him to death if the cohort he is responsible for slaughtering (his own people) don't want him dead. I would recommend that his death be placed on a ballot, and if there's less 80% support for his pardon, let him be put to death.

[Thedreamshaperabc]

@Mrmoc7

Is there an objective reason for 80% ?

To quote a Philosopher:

Surely god loves the 5% nearly as much as the 4%

[Mrmoc7]

@Thedreamshaperabc

My point was that If a majority of the people he's responsible for slaughtering, given the opportunity to him to death, would rather have him live, then no outsider, out of their aching hearts for justice and *human dignity,* should venture into their affairs.

[Thedreamshaperabc]

@Mrmoc7

i somewhat agree, its just an interesting discussion of which % would be enough, isnt it :)

[Nightwind0]

Seems likely that the "General" who killed so many is a sociopath and has no conscience, and his forgiveness mission is probably NOT motivated by remorse...

[bitmap]

or perhaps the stories of 'god' changing people are sometimes true? and maybe he truly is a changed man?

[2661960]

Thank you for this wonderful video/story.

[Thymonico]

The greatest goodness follows the greatest evils in the world. The polarity of good and evil is truly shown in these stories.

I got 10% smarter in 11 minutes and 51 seconds!

[projektleiterin]

He's so cute and so nice. *sigh* :)

[wangchangyang]

i dont know if its just me but the idea of murdering 10,000 people, including children, and then just baptizing oneself to wash all that away is just plain stupid. i understand that he knows what he did was wrong and that hes seeking forgiveness but... he just killed 10,000 people. i dont think theres room for forgiveness at all.... divine are those who forgive him... truly divine. i know i wouldn't.

[waysworth]

agree... you and many other people cannot understand finding forgiveness for such a person. But what makes it interesting and note-worthy, is that there are people who can.

[Shaunt1]

interesting stuff!

[pudicus2]

I thought these speakers weren't allowed to use notes.

[thedeeliciousplum]

the life stories that this gentleman is sharing are quite interesting, yet I too feel that there are far too many folkies who use their new found religious thingy as a way to to remove themselves from the responsibility of what they have done. Forgiveness does not work well in society without a reasonable level of justice and accountability for crimes committed against society.

[WoWanate]

its interesting to think about how to deal with this type of situation. what do you do with someone who has committed such atrocities? when can you know that they can/will/have changed? there are bad people and there are people.

[thedeeliciousplum]

There are laws which have worked well in dealing with people who harm or who have harmed people. I am not a supporter of the death penalty, so I hope my comment does not sound something along the lines of an eye for an eye. If a person finds something that gives them a more loving and mindful sense, they can continue on this path during and/or after they have been held accountable for their atrocities. As for knowing when a person can/will/have changed that is a tough question.

[papasitoman]

you might like the song " The Noose" by A Perfect Circle judging by your comment.

-Papa

[anamasteos]

This General Buttnaked is a curious individual indeed. His behavior is classic of a Sociopath. This severe disordered is generally believed to be untreatable since sociopaths lack empathy and usually show no remorse for their deeds. I wonder if he has just changed strategy believing he will self preserve by seeking forgiveness and reinventing himself as a saint instead of a monster. A man like him belongs in jail for his crimes. He would make an interesting case study for psychology.

[EchoInfinity]

I've visited India/Bangladesh before...

And people forcing hoses off of firemen pretty much sums it all up...

There are people who actually steal bricks from historical buildings, just for materials to build their own homes, and nothing is done about it.

That side of the world is in a really bad state right now...

[covertcovenant]

I agree, as if his newly found religion just cleansed him, washed him clean, and hence he is not the same person as before, therefore should not be judged as whom he once was. Absolute self righteousness, to not feel guilty, or not face a balancing of their action, people claim religious reincarnation.

[krassner]

he actually says that at 3:17

[ravishethwala]

nice work man!

[ehhhhhhhhhh]

8:59 is such an intense photo!

[EchoInfinity]

Yeah, that's probably the best photograph.

[marianiiina]

i agree, it would be ideal, but still i wouldnt consider his choice sad, maybe unfortunate

[jitterbuggogoboy]

Did he just say General Buttnaked?

[PlayT0E]

The people might forgive, but this man who organized a rape/murder campaign still needs to stand trial and spend his life in jail.

[whymustwe712]

@PlayT0E I totally agree. Its still crazy to me how a man who tortured and killed thousands of people can be forgiven through a simple "I've seen the light and I'm sorry for what I've done." As if his one apology is equal to the pain, suffering, and heartache of many.

[akashnu]

wonderful talk...

[marianiiina]

sure, he could, but what i mean, he had a will to make up internally and for the people he hurt, he expressed this desire by the means of religion. i think maybe it is tempting to disregard his own initiative because religion is involved, but it is sensible to also see beyond this aspect

[marianiiina]

im sorry but i believe its rather his own will to account for what he has done wrong and the most accessible way-and possibly it is the most legitimate in his society- is by means of religion. i think it is most honest to make this distinction.

in my opinion, his attitude is touching, regardless of his spirituality

[carrotbunnyyummy]

Good film

[invisiblebears]

Truth.

[BFDK]

Great and powerful

[screenflicker1]

why's the volume so low?

[Puppy2Hand]

@screenflicker1 So we should listen more closely ;)

[Mrmoc7]

Because you can't afford speakers?

[creten69]

the picture has to tell the whole story, not just a sentence of it. ty for risking ur life, they were just pictures, th e1st one and the one of them running 4 the truck is good. But not epic Lets say the general was standing over a mass grave and the people were standing there saying wtf? and the guy hangs himself in repentence of the genocide. or they pull out his finger nails and he is thankfull to them

[elspoko]

My photography teacher in high school showed us a picture of a group of children playing with their caretakers. He asked us what we thought. We said the same thing you just said, it's ok, but not great. Just a regular little picture.

He then put the picture in context. The children were the ones killed in 9/11. He told us that all of them had died. The picture took on a new meaning.

His lesson: The picture means nothing without context and story. The story is everything.

[EchoInfinity]

Yes, but these aren't pictures taken on sets.

This is documentation of real events.

You think he had time to ask the firefighters if they could stand a little to the left? No. This guy risked his life here. The fact that he could take any pictures successfully is an achievement.

[EchoInfinity]

WTF is wrong with you?

What are you talking about?

Retards like you should be banned...

[metalshoes]

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[georgemargaris]

moving

[ProletarianArt]

The photographs were very interesting.

[RaindropsFantasia]

They were very powerful images indeed.