maandag, juli 14, 2008
Getraumatiseerde soldaat uit beroemde foto pleegt zelfmoord
Foto Warren Zinn
Voormalig fotojournalist Warren Zinn kreeg via e-mail te horen dat Joseph Dwyer, de soldaat die op zijn beroemde foto uit 2003 was afgebeeld, zelfmoord had gepleegd. Zinn, die zijn carrière als fotojournalist begin 2004 opgaf om rechten te gaan studeren, schrijft zijn reactie in de Washington Post:
The e-mail was a punch in the gut: "the soldier you made famous -- killed himself last Saturday -- thought you should know."
I thought I'd put photojournalism and war behind me four and a half years ago when I traded in the dusty battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan for law school in Miami. But those words reminded me that you never truly leave the battlefield behind.
I knew at once what the message meant: Joseph Dwyer was dead. I drove home in a daze and walked into my apartment. And there was Joseph, on the wall, looking at me.
Dwyer was the subject of a highly publicized photograph I'd taken as an embedded photojournalist during the first week of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. It captured the young medic running toward safety with an injured Iraqi child in his arms. It was splashed across newspapers worldwide and brought Joseph instant fame. And for years, I'd proudly displayed the front page of USA Today featuring the photo. It was a tremendous accomplishment for me; I was only 25 when I took it.
Lees verder in de Washington Post.
Lees ook de tekst van de chat met Warren Zinn van afgelopen middag over dit onderwerp.
Zie ook het artikel in het Nederlands Dagblad.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 23:32
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