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"Mxsmanic" "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number writes: Thank you for posting this image. People need to understand the enormity of this tragedy, and if even it is posted on the cover of PLAYBOY...I would appreciate it, simply because people need to be confronted with REALity these days, rather than the candy-coated versions so many of these quasi-sensitive phonies insist upon. Thank you again for this link. I agree. This sort of image makes the magnitude of the disaster much easier to grasp. If someone needs a photo to grasp 120 thousand plus people dying something is missing. |
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"Mxsmanic" "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number writes: Thank you for posting this image. People need to understand the enormity of this tragedy, and if even it is posted on the cover of PLAYBOY...I would appreciate it, simply because people need to be confronted with REALity these days, rather than the candy-coated versions so many of these quasi-sensitive phonies insist upon. Thank you again for this link. I agree. This sort of image makes the magnitude of the disaster much easier to grasp. If someone needs a photo to grasp 120 thousand plus people dying something is missing. |
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Big Bill wrote: On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:08:24 -0000, "Zico" wrote: "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message m... I guess ths is the type of images that were unsuitable for publication. I've read papers and websites, and the ~130,000 death toll seemed difficult to comprehend, but I guess it's true that one image is worth a thousand words, or more. Now I can imagine the massive death toll. [WARNING : VERY, VERY DISTURBING!] http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...uumiita4ft.jpg [WARNING : VERY, VERY DISTURBING!] Is it just me, or do others have issues with photos like this one, posted on a site that asks you to "rate this image?" Yes, I understand that, regardless of subject, one can analyze a photo on its technical and artistic merits, but just because you *can* do that doesn't mean you *should.* Good point, asking for a aesthetic rating on something so awful is pretty tasteless. JK. I have to wonder if the rating thing isn't something added to all pics? I'm not familiar with ImageShack, so I don't know. -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a" It is added to all pictures. |
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I don't think so, most people have no way to relate to that much death and
destruction. It is one thing to "know" something and quite another to truly absorb it and make it a part of you. I have been avoiding this sort of post because I didn't want to participate in some sort of juvenile, voyeuristic thrill seeking. But in a moment of weakness I looked at the photo. It was a good thing that I did I DO now understand just how pervasive the death and destruction has been, until now, it has been just a number and a terrible story on the news. "Fletis Humplebacker" ! wrote in message ... If someone needs a photo to grasp 120 thousand plus people dying something is missing. |
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I believe this picture or one very similar was used in a full (single) page
spread in one of the UK tabloids - possibly the Daily Mirror I agree with your sentiments - the media has a duty to inform us of world events and neither sensationalise or censor what is happening - Er in an ideal world that is :-( Thanks to the OP for the link Tim "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Mike Henley writes: snip I'm sure this type of image won't make it to most media outlets, but I think it's very important that photojournalists take such pictures for information and reference. snip |
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I believe this picture or one very similar was used in a full (single) page
spread in one of the UK tabloids - possibly the Daily Mirror I agree with your sentiments - the media has a duty to inform us of world events and neither sensationalise or censor what is happening - Er in an ideal world that is :-( Thanks to the OP for the link Tim "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Mike Henley writes: snip I'm sure this type of image won't make it to most media outlets, but I think it's very important that photojournalists take such pictures for information and reference. snip |
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On 1 Jan 2005 07:45:51 -0800, "Mike Henley"
wrote: Big Bill wrote: On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:08:24 -0000, "Zico" wrote: "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message m... I guess ths is the type of images that were unsuitable for publication. I've read papers and websites, and the ~130,000 death toll seemed difficult to comprehend, but I guess it's true that one image is worth a thousand words, or more. Now I can imagine the massive death toll. [WARNING : VERY, VERY DISTURBING!] http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...uumiita4ft.jpg [WARNING : VERY, VERY DISTURBING!] Is it just me, or do others have issues with photos like this one, posted on a site that asks you to "rate this image?" Yes, I understand that, regardless of subject, one can analyze a photo on its technical and artistic merits, but just because you *can* do that doesn't mean you *should.* Good point, asking for a aesthetic rating on something so awful is pretty tasteless. JK. I have to wonder if the rating thing isn't something added to all pics? I'm not familiar with ImageShack, so I don't know. -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a" It is added to all pictures. Which sort of means that the complaints about it are kinda pointless. -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a" |
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Fletis Humplebacker writes:
If someone needs a photo to grasp 120 thousand plus people dying something is missing. Yes: experience. But a photo is less traumatic. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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John EO writes:
You know ... I saw the first news report on the TV and it claimed the death toll may be as high as 1,000. Each day it has gone up by tens of thousands and yet any video that is shown only shows some resort area where video cameras were running as people watch the waves in awe. Television needs moving images of reasonable quality. There are only so many to go around, so you see the same images over and over. Dead people don't move, so showing images of the dead isn't as exciting as showing images of a moving wave. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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John EO writes:
You know ... I saw the first news report on the TV and it claimed the death toll may be as high as 1,000. Each day it has gone up by tens of thousands and yet any video that is shown only shows some resort area where video cameras were running as people watch the waves in awe. Television needs moving images of reasonable quality. There are only so many to go around, so you see the same images over and over. Dead people don't move, so showing images of the dead isn't as exciting as showing images of a moving wave. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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