I completely agree Ken.
photography is a powerful tool for social/ change.
The Israeli government are past masters at covering up their atrocities
against Palestinian CIVILIANS.
Until the photographic evidence of maimed civilians and children is shown the
government will continue to peddle their propaganda. It is difficult to explain
away photographs of dead and maimed children as a just response!
I do not think it is co-incidental that the Israeli government does everything
in it's power to obstruct international journalists/photographers whenever it
decides to take military action!
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
> Weegee would never have been able to make it in today's
> news coverage.
>
> How about all those Pulitzer winning photographs from the
> past? There was
> recent discussion of the photo of Jack Ruby shooting
> Oswald. That photo
> would never run now. What about Boris Yaro's iconic photo
> of Robert Kennedy
> laying on the floor? These are photographs of tragic
> events, but without
> these photographs, we as a society may not change.
>
> As long as we fail to put a face to car accidents caused by
> drunken drivers,
> for example, we as a society won't take ownership in the
> solution. Whether
> or not we WANT to see blood, guts and even death, without
> seeing it, we have
> no ownership in solving the problems.
>
> At least one of our major television networks has a policy
> of no longer
> showing any footage of the 9-11 disaster because it unduly
> tramautizes our
> children. What utter hogwash. Let's not teach any history
> in school because
> there are wars in our past and we all know that wars mean
> gunshots, blood
> and death.
>
> My opinion only--excuse my venting, but this is a sore spot
> with me. I do
> understand the other side to this and I agree with some of
> the points, but
> on balance I believe it's misguided thinking.
>
> AG
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