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    Photos Of Villagers 'Dreaming' Of Food Sparks Outrage Across India

    Indians are calling a series of photos depicting villagers in front of a table of fake food unethical and insensitive. The photos were featured on World Press Photo Foundation's Instagram this week.
    by Furkan Latif Khan Jul 26, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Instagram

    Staged photos of impoverished Indians posing with fake food have sparked fierce criticism from Indian photographers, global development experts and the CEO of one of the world's largest charities in India. They are calling the project unethical and insensitive.

    Freelance photographer Alessio Mamo took the photos in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as part of a 2011 project called "Dreaming Food." On July 22, he to the Instagram account of the Amsterdam-based , one the world's foremost photojournalism organizations. As a previous World

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