That was the image as it appeared on the back of Adbusters. It was heavily repressed during the end of the war, ti was only a while after that it managed to get published. It's from the 'turkey shoot' US pilots ran on retreating Iraqi troops at the end of the war.
The guy who took it is a fucking legend, utter maverick with a long histroy of taking pictures governments don't want their people to see and risking his life to make sure they do. Damn fine article on this topic
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I have only ever considered myself a photographer - nothing more, nothing less. I went to war and thought of people and pain, not exhibitions and awards. I looked into people's eyes and they would look back and there would be something like a meeting of guilt. As a war photographer, you cannot escape guilt, particularly when the man in front of you who is just about to be shot appeals to you to help him.
Photography is not just about photographs; it's about communication. It's not about you. It's not about art. You're there to record. Sometimes, all too rarely, what you record is acts of human decency, of kindness and compassion - I have seen men cradling dying comrades and weeping. But that's the only side of war you will see that is beautiful.
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