children of iraq

[blinking8s]

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/01467.htm

[RockSlut]

Wow. Those are seriously moving photos.

[swoop1156]

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Changed post to be more..'neutral'...

Some of them over there are the most beautiful people you will ever meet...some definately are not.

If I could, I would go back just so one more of our guys could come home...:(

[Persian-Rice]

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If I could, I would go back just so one more of our guys could come home...:(

Ya, so more people can "go home" while leaving behind all those innocent people in shambles.:rolleyes:

Very moving photos.

[swoop1156]

Ya, so more people can "go home" while leaving behind all those innocent people in shambles.:rolleyes:

Very moving photos.What the hell? I would go there so ONE could come back. Hence, I would replace that person. You musn't understand...don't get me started.

I've been there, have you?!:evil:

[neil_r]

Please don't start this.. Swoop, look at his name and understand.

These are very shocking and moving pictures, regardless of the "politics" the children will always be the victims.

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[swoop1156]

Please don't start this.. Swoop, look at his name and understand.

These are very shocking and moving pictures, regardless of the "politics" the children will always be the victims.

NI completely understand, he doesn't understand that I want to go back to help. I edited my first post, and I feel that this will be my last in this paticular thread. I meant absolutely NO disrespect to anyone, but when I said I want to go back and he blasts me with saying so 'they can go home and more can be left behind in shambles', he needs to realize.

Don't think for a minute I didn't do what I could when I was over there. Chances are, the people in the military DO feel differently about what is going on, sure. If anything, we want the crap over there to stop more than you all do! You think I like having my friends killed while they 'leave people in shambles'? I think not.

Here is my ending of the thread:

Nice pictures, I wish I could go snap some more and share them with you.

[Persian-Rice]

Oh I've been there, and I've seen war. Not this one in particular, but............

I misunderstood your comment, I was thinking you meant "pulling out", which always gets me a little bit red. So my apologies for that.

Nevertheless, this thread is about the pictures, and they are definitely very well done.

[Lord_Malone]

Very moving. I have to sit down and really examine these powerful images.

Although the country is plagued with tragedy, there is a glimmer of hope that people rarely see. But you can't sell tragedy with smiling faces. Though the children aren't privy to what most of us would consider a normal childhood, the fact remains that they are still children, and they do smile more than they shed tears.

[steved110]

That is the saddest series of pictures I have ever seen. the pictures of children with weapons of war, cloaked in the trappings of what they have been taught is right - that shocked me - till I got to the last half of the series, the carnage. The consequence of market place bombings inflicted by zealots....

It is always shocking to see the consequences of war on the innocent. These are real people with real grief and real pain. Regardless of any politics. These pictures show the true depth of depravity and evil that threatens everyone on that poor country.

[Sonic Infidel]

Great photos. It's sad that these children are being thrust into the middle of a conflict older than them and so complex to boot.

Has anyone ever seen "Turtles Can Fly"? It's an excellent indie film about Kurdish refugees in Iraq. I highly recommend it.

[theflyingkiwi]

these are a very sad collection of photos indeed.

it's a very brave photographer that can take these. I don't think I could.

[Lord_Malone]

Great photos. It's sad that these children are being thrust into the middle of a conflict older than them and so complex to boot.

Has anyone ever seen "Turtles Can Fly"? It's an excellent indie film about Kurdish refugees in Iraq. I highly recommend it.

I would also recommend the documentary Voices of Iraq. A true voice of the Iraqi people by the Iraqi people. Our entire regiment had to watch this movie before our second tour in Iraq.

Promotional materials called the movie "innovative," "unprecedented," and "startling." The producers "distributed more than 150 digital video cameras across the country" and then "condensed more than 400 hours of footage." The film promised to make "evident that American opinions - whatever they might be - are based on filtered and occasionally faulty information about the Iraqi people"

[purelithium]

Sounds interesting LM. I'll have to find a copy of that.

[cgratti]

Anytime you give 12 year old kids assault rifles you can't expect peace. Remove the guns from the kids and people on the streets and then you can begin to rebuild.

Moving photos, great job.

Lord_Malone, I am in on this Tuesday, went to MEPS Sat!

[Sonic Infidel]

Sounds good, LM. I'll check it out. What time frame did they do it in?

[Stavhp]

WOW, some really powerful sad pictures there, i stared at the last one for ages, quite sad really
As a photographer is there any time when you just have to step back from the photojournalism and help or do you just have to think that the pictures you take will help more in the long run???????????

[Calindy]

Very, very moving. These could be in a book....

[Lord_Malone]

Sounds interesting LM. I'll have to find a copy of that.

I believe you can find it on amazon.com. Last I checked it was available for like $15.

Anytime you give 12 year old kids assault rifles you can't expect peace. Remove the guns from the kids and people on the streets and then you can begin to rebuild.

Moving photos, great job.

Lord_Malone, I am in on this Tuesday, went to MEPS Sat!

Right on, brother. I guess I'll be running into you at DINFOS at some point. ;)

Sounds good, LM. I'll check it out. What time frame did they do it in?

2003 - 2005 I believe.

[Tee Why]

Interesting gallery. It's sad, truly sad, to see the suffering, especially suffering children.
Sigh.

[Cybnew]

As a photographer is there any time when you just have to step back from the photojournalism and help or do you just have to think that the pictures you take will help more in the long run???????????

That is a very good point. I'm leaving in the fall for college to study journalism (emphasis in photojournalism) and I have asked myself what I would do in a situation like that. It reminds me of the story of Kevin Carter. I think in the end you have to feel that your photos will make more of a difference, and have more of an impact than you yourself helping the particular individual or individuals.

[Becca]

That is a very good point. I'm leaving in the fall for college to study journalism (emphasis in photojournalism) and I have asked myself what I would do in a situation like that. It reminds me of the story of Kevin Carter. I think in the end you have to feel that your photos will make more of a difference, and have more of an impact than you yourself helping the particular individual or individuals.

You still have to be a human being. Kevin Carter ultimately committed suicide, after confiding to friends that he wished he had intervened and helped the child. He obviously couldn't live with the decisions that he made.

[Mike R]

Moving images, It's a shame that they cannot just be kids, their childhood has been taken from them.

[MDJAK]

Those pictures are incredibly sad. I wish I could help everyone of those kids.

mark

[Calindy]

I did not know who Kevin Carter was....so I looked it up...what a sad story. Here is the story I read: http://www.thisisyesterday.com/ints/KCarter.html