Stranger with a Camera

In Elizabeth Barret's production “Stranger with a Camera”she tells her story of being on both ends of the camera. A main part of the story is an event that occurred between Huge and a property owner. Huge went on the mans property to document the lifestye, and was shot for it. Barret expressed her conflict with describing both sides of the story fairly and equally. One of the main topics of the video was the reporting on poverty and the trials reporters faced. Reporters didn’t want to put local people in embarrassing situations in front of their neighbors, so they didn’t photograph poor people. Barret asked herself the question, “can you show poverty without shaming the people?” Huge even lost his life trying to do so.
I believe that this question is Barrets main focus of her production. Although, she never directly answered the question. I think that she wanted her viewers to think for themselves about how you can present the life of Americans in a raw way without shaming them while they’re under hard times. Also, she wanted to question how to show America as “America the great” while showing it not to be what it really seems, just as Huge set out to do through his career.