Recently I was introduced to the article, “The Confident Gaze,” by Shekhar Deshpande.  The article contributed a strong interpretation over the pictures National Geographic typically shares in their magazine.   Deshpande brought to my attention that “we forget that the photographs and contexts in which they are placed represent a very conscious effort by the editors to make the world a happy place and a happy place especially to the Western eye.”  Frequently photographs shown in the National Geographic are altered so it appeals to more people.  It seems as if the Western eye expects to see advancements in other countries around the world in order to be interested in a magazine.  Although done a number of times throughout each magazine, Deshpande shares a particular example from the “India Turning Fifty” article.  Deshpande states that “the poverty in India, long a favorable and often the only reference for Western audiences is transformed in the pages of the magazine into an observable commodity, polished with gleaming light and perfection of the position of the objects, their eternal “readiness:” at being photographed.”  Though the pictures may be real they are not natural.  A classmate of mine even pointed out that the cover of “India Turning Fifty” was very much posed.  The celebration that took place when this photograph was taken, is a joyful time, so it makes no since to show an isolated boy staring into the camera lens.  The photograph was able to capture the reader though, which is any magazines ultimate goal.