Photographer portrays two different worlds in a single image

Turkish photographer Uğur Gallenkuş portrays two different worlds.... within a single image.

Combining a pair of side - by - side photographs — one of the Western world and the other of the Middle East, he highlights how, despite living on the same planet, these places couldn’t be more different.
ChaosEnginesays...

Image two feels like the odd one out here. While the rest of the images have a definite negative connotation (war, poverty, hunger, etc)... that image looks pretty normal?

Am I missing something?

newtboysays...

One half is happy in school, the other half is a child bride/slave who would be murdered for trying to go to school?

ChaosEnginesaid:

Image two feels like the odd one out here. While the rest of the images have a definite negative connotation (war, poverty, hunger, etc)... that image looks pretty normal?

Am I missing something?

BSRsays...

I think the common denominator is that Earth is a planet that is inhabited with many different worlds. What's in your world?

ChaosEnginesays...

I don't see any evidence of that. Sure it definitely does happen, but it's equally ignorant to say that this kid is miserable simply because .... what? she's got a dress (and maybe a hijab... can't tell from the crappy low res video ) and is standing beside an older man?

newtboysaid:

One half is happy in school, the other half is a child bride/slave who would be murdered for trying to go to school?

BSRsays...

That can't be it. They may both be afraid to go to school.

newtboysaid:

One half is happy in school, the other half is a child bride/slave who would be murdered for trying to go to school?

newtboysays...

Just a guess based on the rest of the photos, not an accusation. It could just as easily be juxtaposing strong family involvement VS absentee parenting. That said, her expression is not a happy one.

I paid more attention to the man's clothes and weapon than hers when making my guess. I honestly didn't notice her head scarf on my tiny screen.
The impression I've always had is that in many if not most middle eastern/North African areas where traditional clothes and weapons like he's wearing are common, women are usually banned from schools....at least until recently. I do admit that's a stereotype, and perhaps ignorant.

ChaosEnginesaid:

I don't see any evidence of that. Sure it definitely does happen, but it's equally ignorant to say that this kid is miserable simply because .... what? she's got a dress (and maybe a hijab... can't tell from the crappy low res video ) and is standing beside an older man?

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