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09/17/2006 07:53:38 PM · #1 |
Amazing stuff from around the world.
Reuters
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09/17/2006 08:10:03 PM · #2 |
Talk about one picture - a thousand words; Have a look at #15 :-(( Puts my trival issues in perspective.
Message edited by author 2006-09-17 20:10:36. |
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09/17/2006 08:20:39 PM · #3 |
| Seen that photo before, being the father of a two year old (roughly the same age of the child in the image) it really hits me in the pit of the stomach. I am not a philisophical person by any means, but its images like that that make you wonder what all the fighting is really about.. very sad.. |
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09/17/2006 08:25:43 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by marksimms:
its images like that that make you wonder what all the fighting is really about.. |
And also makes you wonder why we don't see more images like that here in the states. |
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09/17/2006 08:25:59 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by robs:
Talk about one picture - a thousand words; Have a look at #15 :-(( Puts my trival issues in perspective. |
15 broke my heart. |
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09/17/2006 09:30:40 PM · #6 |
| The words actually add a lot to the photos. |
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09/17/2006 09:40:25 PM · #7 |
| I bet half those pics have major photoshop alterations. |
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09/17/2006 10:31:20 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by samtrundle:
Originally posted by robs:
Talk about one picture - a thousand words; Have a look at #15 :-(( Puts my trival issues in perspective. |
15 broke my heart. |
Thats the kind of shot that is so powerful it can damage the psyche and maybe rightly so.... What a terrible thing to have to endure :( |
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09/17/2006 10:46:55 PM · #9 |
Seeing those pictures, so many of which never hit our North American culture. I am moved to stop believing everything I read/see/hear in our media.
I need to get out of this culture.
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09/17/2006 11:00:27 PM · #10 |
Ya know, these images are powerful... but...
I think what we find so appealing aabout most of them is the capture of human strife. Not saying that Reuters doesn't have some great photogs on staff, but I reckon many DPCers could capture shots with just as much "power" if we were in the same positions as these photogs.
Really, a lot of what we are looking at is just being in the right place at the right (possibly wrong) time.
I give credit, where credit is due. They are good shots.
I just wish that in 2007, we'd be marveling at fun or just beautiful photos, because the strife was gone.
Message edited by author 2006-09-17 23:01:25.
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09/17/2006 11:14:32 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Ya know, these images are powerful... but...
I think what we find so appealing aabout most of them is the capture of human strife. Not saying that Reuters doesn't have some great photogs on staff, but I reckon many DPCers could capture shots with just as much "power" if we were in the same positions as these photogs.
Really, a lot of what we are looking at is just being in the right place at the right (possibly wrong) time.
I give credit, where credit is due. They are good shots.
I just wish that in 2007, we'd be marveling at fun or just beautiful photos, because the strife was gone. |
I agree, but the bottom line to all photos that have people in them is the basic constant....emotion.
Not all pictures require a smile, sometimes a stowick (sp) pose is just right. Sometimes a smile is just right. Sometimes a man holding a dead child is just right. Sometimes sugar and spice and everything nice is not the correct emotion.
DPC'ers forget this fact too many times.
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09/17/2006 11:26:21 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by American_Horse:
Not all pictures require a smile, sometimes a stowick (sp) pose is just right. Sometimes a smile is just right. Sometimes a man holding a dead child is just right. Sometimes sugar and spice and everything nice is not the correct emotion.
DPC'ers forget this fact too many times. |
I totally agree.
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09/18/2006 02:03:18 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by American_Horse:
I agree, but the bottom line to all photos that have people in them is the basic constant....emotion.
Not all pictures require a smile, sometimes a stowick (sp) pose is just right. Sometimes a smile is just right. Sometimes a man holding a dead child is just right. Sometimes sugar and spice and everything nice is not the correct emotion.
DPC'ers forget this fact too many times. |
I think North American (Western) Culture forgets this fact too often.
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09/19/2006 03:04:19 PM · #14 |
| I saw another photo recently in one of these "photograph of the year" slideshows, of a young American Boy (age 3ish), dressed as a Marine (Parade dress, not warfare dress) reaching out to what one assumes is his dads casket, draped in a US flag. Very powerful image.. Not sure where I saw it though.. anyone help? |
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09/19/2006 03:34:36 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by samtrundle:
Originally posted by robs:
Talk about one picture - a thousand words; Have a look at #15 :-(( Puts my trival issues in perspective. |
15 broke my heart. |
My daughter is the same age as that child. Heartbreaking indeed. |
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09/19/2006 04:19:02 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by marksimms:
I saw another photo recently in one of these "photograph of the year" slideshows, of a young American Boy (age 3ish), dressed as a Marine (Parade dress, not warfare dress) reaching out to what one assumes is his dads casket, draped in a US flag. Very powerful image.. Not sure where I saw it though.. anyone help? |
I have seen this also, I think I may have it in an email at work. Will check tomorrow.
Mike
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09/19/2006 06:04:53 PM · #17 |
I see images like these in the British press every couple of days (I read a paper called The Independent which covers important issues, not garbage about which film star shagged who). Incedently, the Independent is also well know for having exceptional photography.
Todays front page showed about 6 - 8 images of dead babies and children killed over the last couple of weeks in Gaza.
//www.independent.co.uk/
If this occured in any country in western europe/America, the killing of civilians like this would be classed as a war crime
I think images like no 15 (on the website) should be shown on every bill board and every tv broadcast daily, perhaps the disasters that Bush likes to keep quiet wouldn't happen then.
Here are links to the stories that make the front pages each day
//news.independent.co.uk/p1images/article1369973.ece
Please take the time to look at these links, they will open your eyes, there are links to a whole years worth of front pages here, with some amaingly powerful images.
Here's a story in todays paper about Bush's latest moves to encourage world peace and stop genocide - //news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1619247.ece
Message edited by author 2006-09-19 18:09:04. |
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