[filleduchaos]

> Development agencies actually hire lots of local people.

"Aid agencies typically hire local staff only for low- and mid-level positions. That’s an important story, but a different one."

- from TFA

[WalterSear]

> In the case of photography, there’s simply no good excuse. Every country has photographers able to produce excellent work… and they’ll charge less than a globe-trotting Westerner. Why does the aid industry give so many assignments to Westerners?

I wager that the author doesn't know very much about professional photography.

[filleduchaos]

Is your knowledge of professional photography that there are no professional photographers in non-Western countries?

[WalterSear]

Is your knowledge of 4 year creative professional trade schools that they are prevalent and of reliably high quality in non-western countries?