Treating Iraq’s Scars in Amman
This slide show was heart wrenching to watch. It covers the aftermath or result of war in many ways. The photojournalist chose to focus on deformed children receiving Doctors Without Borders medical care in Amman, Jordan. I was disturbed by some of the photographs because they were so raw, so honest. The photos of Abdullah-a 7-year-old boy who lost most of his face in a suicide car bombing just felt like a knife in my heart. It was incredibly sad. One of the most poignant photos was of him locked away in his bedroom with a background window shot of downtown Amman. He looked like a trapped, wounded bird. I posted this because I want to know how you all feel about graphic war photography. I feel that sometimes in the main stream US newspapers, the photography representing war is just really bland. I remember reading once in a media studies class that many people complain to papers when they print a picture that is too violent. What do you think?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/02/08/GA2008020803434.html?hpid=multimedia1&hpv=national
sarah conway
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I think that an audience is supposed to know what it's in for when it chooses what to read and see. There's no such thing as being too 'graphic' in their nature when photographs show the brutal realities of war-- that's the way it is, and they shouldn't be presented otherwise. It also raises the bigger questions, such as why the US went into Iraq in the first place-- look what it did, and look what it's doing. People need to see this, not shy away from it.
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