In restaging the moment of the photograph above, a photographer with a divergent cultural or ethnic background might ask the woman to eschew the portable stereo from the picture, thinking falsely that it would make the scene seem more “real”. Unfortunately, the decision to get rid of the stereo by the theoretical photographer mirrors the thinking of actual image-makers across the world each day, even in instances of photojournalism, a profession which prides documentation without intervention. A quick Internet search for “images of Libya” proves this point: