"Our job is not to make up anybody’s mind, but to open minds, and to make the agony of decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking."
- Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998)

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you mad."
- Aldous Huxley

"If you have ever injected truth into politics, then you have no politics."
- Will Rogers

Monday, June 11, 2012

The Picture that Makes You Stop

I came across this a few months ago and just found it again.  I have mentioned before that in another life I could enjoy a career in photojournalism.  The best images simply take your breath away for a moment.  This example is one of the best of the craft I have seen recently...I hope it wins some recognition. 

 

A boy swings in a park converted to a cemetery in the northwestern Syrian town of Idlib on Saturday. RODRIGO ABD / Associated Press


What does this image say to you?  Are the graves in this converted city park marching inexorably toward the swing, and the innocence of youth it represents?  Perhaps toward the boy? 

(The full caption from the Tulsa World is included to acknowledge the photographer, the image was originally dated in March of 2012.)
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