shoz999
Back when Tigers used to smoke.
Rules are simple.
"The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths. What the photograph didn't say was, 'What would you do if you were the general at that time and place on that hot day, and you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew away one, two or three American soldiers'?" - Eddie Adams, a photographer expressing regret for taking the infamous "Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém" photo.
The story behind the photo is pretty depressing. Even more depressing when people jump to conclusions and don't ask why it happened. Sometimes they do ask and you give an answer, they start asking if this is actually fact or not. They go into denial when you tell them about the testimony from Eddie Adams and the one survivor from the killings that "civilian" started. I suppose it's understandable. For some people, this photo empowered an anti-war movement, some noble ideals to what people believe to be for a great cause. When you tell them the truth conflicts with those ideals, well I suppose it's understandable if they need time to process it. After all, once you learn the truth, you can no longer see the photo the same way as before.
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"The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths. What the photograph didn't say was, 'What would you do if you were the general at that time and place on that hot day, and you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew away one, two or three American soldiers'?" - Eddie Adams, a photographer expressing regret for taking the infamous "Execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém" photo.
The story behind the photo is pretty depressing. Even more depressing when people jump to conclusions and don't ask why it happened. Sometimes they do ask and you give an answer, they start asking if this is actually fact or not. They go into denial when you tell them about the testimony from Eddie Adams and the one survivor from the killings that "civilian" started. I suppose it's understandable. For some people, this photo empowered an anti-war movement, some noble ideals to what people believe to be for a great cause. When you tell them the truth conflicts with those ideals, well I suppose it's understandable if they need time to process it. After all, once you learn the truth, you can no longer see the photo the same way as before.