For my First topic i am going to talk about the Brazil nightclub fire. The fire happened on Sunday at a night club in Santa Maria, Brazil. The fire killed at least 233 people and 185 of those people have been identified. Also more than 90% of people are in the hospital. A lot of the people died from the smoke and others were trampled because people were trying to all get to the doors. Peopled said that the security guards there blocked the exits so they couldn't leave and that's what caused everyone to freak out and panic, the guards said they thought a fight was happening so that's why they closed the doors. Plus non of the doors have exit signs above them because it is rare to see that above the doors. They still aren't sure how the fire started but it is under investigation. I think this is really sad i hope that they find what caused the fire and i think it's time for them to put exit signs above the doors.
My second topic is about this photographer named Brian Steel who was born with short fiber syndrome. This syndrome weakens your muscles, Brian says he cant lift anything above 5 pounds and he has trouble getting out of low chairs because his legs are so weak. When he was younger the kids at school would judge him because of how his body was. Brian finally was just done with how people judge him right away that he just decided to start photographing people with disabilities. This is Brian's words "we filter everything that we see through the lens of our perceptions, so it is not until we are able to step outside of our perceptions that we are able to determine what is real and what is not, the portraits are traditional and empowering and show each person's humanity." I'm glad that he is doing this because people shouldn't judge a person for what they look like.
http://http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/health/brian-steel-impaired-percep
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/world/americas/brazil-nightclub-fir
Comments
Interesting topics! Well done!