…can be found at the Lens Blog on the NYTimes.com. If The Lede is a great news blog, then The Lens is its photojournalism counterpart. For this posting, On Assignment: Prayers in the Dark – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com, not only can you see the photo essay, but there is an interview with the photographer that took the photos.
Like I said, though, it is upsetting to see so many people dead, including small children. Be forewarned.
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Incredible. I think these pictures hit me the most…and I’m a photojournalist.
A powerful & overwhelming article!
(I chose NOT to view the “photo gallery”)
The article alone conveys sufficient imagery with words to illustrate the terror of this horrific event.
Besides, I have always felt that there’s something “unsavory” about photographing catastrophic human tragedies.
(Especially of this magnitude)
To me it somehow reeks of further (unnecessary) degradation & exploitation of these unfortunate “victim souls” and their families.
It is sad to acknowledge that it often takes an event such as this, to to give us a more accurate perception of the whole concept of “human misery”.