Comments on: Good shot

Good shot

mr.marx — Sun, 30 May 2004 19:03:38 -0800

The World Press Photo awards of 2003

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Sun, 30 May 2004 19:25:38 -0800

This photo, of a father carrying his two sons, just made me cry - really hit me hard, like a sucker-punch. That's what these pictures should do. Thanks for calling this out, marx.

By: matteo

matteo — Sun, 30 May 2004 19:34:32 -0800

the awards have been announced on Feb 13, 2004

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Sun, 30 May 2004 19:35:40 -0800

wow. wow. wow. Thank you so much...

By: botono9

botono9 — Sun, 30 May 2004 19:50:49 -0800

This image led me to this story. I am not thankful enough for my fortuitous life.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 30 May 2004 20:24:57 -0800

Every year these awards astonish and depress in equal measure. Actually, mainly depress.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sun, 30 May 2004 20:38:05 -0800

Botono9 -- Good find. "Self-immolation has an unsavoury place in the histories of several Asian countries, as a form of female suicide." You'd really think they could find a less painful way of killing themselves, but it appears there's so much sublimated anger that perhaps it must be a cathartic release. "Behind the increase, says Ms Afzali, is a disillusionment felt by many educated Afghan women because the two years since the fall of the Taliban have brought precious little freedom. This is felt most among former refugees who returned from Iran and who had grown accustomed to a freer life there." You read that? Freer in Iran. Sounds like it would have been a better choice to democratize than the shitholes we opted for instead. Apologies for the derail, these are amazing photos. One thing: that general news 1st place photo has me a bit confused. Is the lower half of his chest burned badly, or was he torn in half and that's a make-shift "torso" for the wake?

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 30 May 2004 20:59:55 -0800

I don't see the appeal of this, especially in comparison to this masterpiece. Collina is up with Mandela in being above all criticism.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sun, 30 May 2004 21:04:39 -0800

holy fuck I had missed that collina photo. thanks p_g!

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Sun, 30 May 2004 21:16:47 -0800

I don't see the appeal of this When I first saw this photo, I thought it was a man looking in a mirror. I had to read the caption to understand that the "man" was W and the "reflection" was Blair. An eerie candid shot.

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Sun, 30 May 2004 22:32:54 -0800

I can't believe that, after 20 years or so, the guy is still taking pictures of that red couch.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sun, 30 May 2004 23:09:30 -0800

One day this wars gonna end

By: dabitch

dabitch — Mon, 31 May 2004 02:52:21 -0800

Civil_Disobedient, his torso is badly burned and arms are missing: "Ali Ismail, aged 12, is tended by a distant relative in the Al-Kindy hospital in Baghdad, unaware that the rocket blast which mutilated him killed both his parents, his brother, and 11 other relatives." there was a leter feelgood story about this boy getting advanced medical help in America.

By: chill

chill — Mon, 31 May 2004 05:11:15 -0800

I don't see the appeal of this, especially in comparison to this masterpiece. Collina is up with Mandela in being above all criticism. I prefer this portrait of Collina.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Mon, 31 May 2004 09:21:21 -0800

I don't see the appeal of this, I thought it one of the most effective pictures on the site.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Mon, 31 May 2004 09:41:00 -0800

Holy shit, did nothing good happen in the world last year?

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Mon, 31 May 2004 13:01:37 -0800

gottabefunky - Sure, lots of things did. But, unfortunately, "news" is, by its very nature, usually bad.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:37:33 -0800

This series is simply beautiful.