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較早前環境攝影大賽公布賽果，西班牙攝影師 Antonio Aragón Renuncio 憑著作品《The rising tide sons》（漲潮之子）奪得大獎。這張照片描繪一個黑人小孩在一間破爛的海邊房子裡熟睡，藉此引起大眾對海平面上升的關注。不過，在得獎消息公布後，這張照片立即就在網上引起爭議。
▲在環境攝影大賽中獲得大獎的作品《The rising tide sons》，由 Antonio Aragón Renuncio 拍攝。
最先提出質疑的 Twitter 用家 duck（@duckrabbitblog）指出了兩個問題：為甚麼孩子在陽光下睡覺？為甚麼孩子睡在破爛的房子裡？而第三條問題更直指核心：是不是因為孩子是黑人，所以評判才不問這些問題？
This photo that won won Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021 raises so many questions.
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 10, 2021
1: Why is the child sleeping in the sun?
2: Why is the child sleeping in an abandoned house?
3: Is it because the child is Black that the judges don't ask these questions? pic.twitter.com/qpxBo4f7Ya
發文者還找來更多「睡覺小孩」照片，而這些作品全部都報稱來自得獎攝影師，其中有作品還在其他攝影比賽中獲獎。與此同時，他又引用 BBC 的報道，BBC 將獲獎作品裁切成只餘下小孩睡在地上的畫面，再利用 Google Image 作搜尋，結果 Google 搜尋器以「dirty」（污穢）形容該圖片。
How many parents do you know put their children to sleep in abandoned buildings in the sun?
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 10, 2021
Oh look another photo of a sleeping Black child by Antonio Aragón Renuncio.
This time on a desk. pic.twitter.com/oMvw0ipWQz
▲由同一位攝影師拍攝的其他「睡覺小孩」作品。
Oh look ANOTHER 'award-winning' photo of a sleeping Black child by Antonio Aragón Renuncio.
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 10, 2021
Shortlisted for the 'German Peace Prize for photography'.
I'm no Sherlock but ??? pic.twitter.com/BlxiCi10pH
▲有作品更奪得其他攝影比賽獎項。
There are many more by the same photographer on his Instagram account.
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 10, 2021
Don't get me wrong sleeping kids can make for beautiful photos.
This is (imho) is troubling. pic.twitter.com/q8dj1AhT5i
The BBC took a crop of the Black child in the winning image to link to the article on their website.
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 10, 2021
Google image search reads the cropped image as 'Dirty'.
Horrified. But not surprised. pic.twitter.com/2GPqNKUzWI
▲Google 影像搜尋器以「Dirty」形容相片的裁剪圖。
duck 強調，當中的問題絕不只是「是否擺拍？」如此簡單，還牽涉更深層次的道德及保護兒童問題。他認為所有攝影比賽的主辦機構，以致攝影界都有責任訂下道德框架及指引，保護弱勢群體的兒童及未成年人，避免他們受到傷害，以及被利用作為一種贏取聲譽或牟取個人利益的工具。
I believe in the freedom to take pictures and the importance of documenting the challenges children face.
— duck (@duckrabbitblog) November 16, 2021
I am against the exploitation of children to market the careers of photogs who should know better and orgs that have no commitment to the welfare of those children.
據稱在爆發爭議後，有人試圖透過 Instagram 向 Antonio Aragón Renuncio 留言，要求他交待照片更多的背景資料，惟 Renuncio 未有作出任何回覆，其 Instagram 專頁目前已設為「私人」狀態。
來源：PetaPixel
