I see dead people. On the news. And it sucks.

[pll]

Here is the testimony of the photographer in Hiroshima, Yoshito Matsushige:

http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/yoshito.html

He was able to take only 5 pictures. He did develop them 20 days later and they were confiscated when he attempted to publish them.

ETA: The link above does not include the pictures, just written testimony.

[tangentgirl]

It's all about context and respect.

Images in history books, like the holocaust pictures, are there so we will (hopefully) not repeat past errors. I do not have a problem with that.

The images I have been seeing lately on the news are more for sensation, to get people to look and hopefully sell ads. I get the majority of my news from Internet sources, and I strongly feel that, if you are going to show the picture of a dead human being, you should only show that to people who actively want to see it. That is, there should be some sort of <click here for graphic photo> warning. Not only am I not seeing that, I have even seen teasers for other stories that include images of dead bodies.

It's boggling that we think wardrobe malfunctions warrant huge fines but using images of the dead to sell news is ok.

[Crankin]

Believe me, Shooting Star, I know trauma is not just from war. Most of the work I do is trauma work and it is even more difficult now that I am working with families, kids, teens. It is generally unbelievable what people do to each other and this has nothing to do with war or politics. But, for some reason, I am able to deal with it, as there is a very high rate of secondary/vicarious trauma in therapists who do this work. It's probably the same reason my son can come home from a war zone and be "normal" (and I do mean this in the most general sense... ). It's really the way our brain is wired.

[PamNY]

Here is the testimony of the photographer in Hiroshima, Yoshito Matsushige:

http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/yoshito.html

He was able to take only 5 pictures. He did develop them 20 days later and they were confiscated when he attempted to publish them.

ETA: The link above does not include the pictures, just written testimony.

Thank you. This is interesting.

[Biciclista]

My 8th grade teacher made us all read books about the holocaust and they were filled with photos. At about the same time my mother had purchased the book on Hiroshima by John Hersey. As much as we want to protect ourselves and our young, some of this is important to see.
But I still haven't seen the nasty shots of Ghadafi's body !