Taking Pictures: "Taking Picture" focuses on several Australian filmmakers and the films they made in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s and 1990s. It reflects the Western tradition of studying and recording the lives of others, raising questions about illustrating and filming in a different culture. For anyone who has watched the films discussed in "Taking Pictures," the video is an insightful and thoughtful analysis of the realities, politics, philosophies and aesthetics of documentary production in other cultures. It explores the problems and drawbacks of filming across a cultural boundary. This film captures the vibrancy and flaws of a nation moving from a recessive society to a young nation in the modern world. “Taking Pictures” begins with the visually unforgettable and captivating film of frightened and awed New Guineans seeing white men, children in the store excited to be interviewed, while the women who accompanied them behaved shyly at the idea of ​​being filmed, answering questions while laughing. This innocent interaction is interrupted by an angry man demanding to see...