tonorator Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 < - click me. i have seen many of these, but to review them all at once and visit/re-visit each situation is very powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Good link. Goes to show just how conservative we have become with what we as a soceity are willing to photograph and distribute. That 9/11 photo still pisses me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopazz Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 The vulture and starving child and Oklahoma City photos are particularly gut wrenching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I don't know any of those people personally... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmanzzzz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 some good 'owned' images there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I have "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" on the wall in my office. If OSHA was around back then, they would take the prime contractor and the steel erector to jail for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 some good 'owned' images there. I truly hope that this doesn't mean what I think it means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I truly hope that this doesn't mean what I think it means. consider the source. of course it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I admit I'm not familiar with the Omayra Sánchez story from that picture. That's terribly sad, but why couldn't a few guys dig her out? I don't understand and wiki really doesn't say. I see that concrete trapped her, but you think they could've moved it somehow to free her in the 3 days or so it took her to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) I admit I'm not familiar with the Omayra Sánchez story from that picture. That's terribly sad, but why couldn't a few guys dig her out? I don't understand and wiki really doesn't say. I see that concrete trapped her, but you think they could've moved it somehow to free her in the 3 days or so it took her to die. Or sealed around her and siphoned off the water. Apparently there were hundred of people trapped as she was. Edited June 22, 2007 by cre8tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclones Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 The OK City picture is absolutely heartbreaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I have "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" on the wall in my office. If OSHA was around back then, they would take the prime contractor and the steel erector to jail for that. My fear of heights does not allow me to look at that photo very long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopazz Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 My fear of heights does not allow me to look at that photo very long! No chit. Its an unbelievable photo. And it looks like the guy on the right has a bottle of vodka in his hand.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Some truly amazing photography there and some truly amazing people that took those photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclones Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Some truly amazing photography there and some truly amazing people that took those photos. According to Wikipedia, the dude that took the pic of the vulture and the starving child stood there for 20 minutes hoping the vulture would spread his wings so he could get a better shot. Makes him an assholio in my book for not helping the starving kid get to the food center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 very powerful stuff ...good post and line Tonorator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 According to Wikipedia, the dude that took the pic of the vulture and the starving child stood there for 20 minutes hoping the vulture would spread his wings so he could get a better shot. Makes him an assholio in my book for not helping the starving kid get to the food center. This is a hard call--first off, given that none of us are directly working to help starving kids around the world it seems somewhat hypocritical to criticize someone else for not helping; secondly, and likely more importantly, the more heartwrenching the photo, the more likely it is that more aid might be forthcoming that could end up helping people much more than any other action that the photographer could have done right then and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclones Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 This is a hard call--first off, given that none of us are directly working to help starving kids around the world it seems somewhat hypocritical to criticize someone else for not helping; secondly, and likely more importantly, the more heartwrenching the photo, the more likely it is that more aid might be forthcoming that could end up helping people much more than any other action that the photographer could have done right then and there. Good points as usual Wiegie....I'll give the guy a partial pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I didn't capture this person's death. I captured part of his life. This is what he decided to do, and I think I preserved that. Right on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 According to Wikipedia, the dude that took the pic of the vulture and the starving child stood there for 20 minutes hoping the vulture would spread his wings so he could get a better shot. Makes him an assholio in my book for not helping the starving kid get to the food center. Haunted by the horrific images from Sudan, Carter committed suicide in 1994 soon after receiving the award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 My fear of heights does not allow me to look at that photo very long! That thing gets me vertigo just thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I find it hard to believe that this haunting image wasn't included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) I find it hard to believe that this haunting image wasn't included. Holy crap!!! Is it legal to do a flying-elbow-drop off the turnbuckle onto a bunch of infants??? Edited June 23, 2007 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I have "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" on the wall in my office. We have it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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