zaterdag, juli 19, 2008
Zoriah over embedded oorlogsfotografie
Freelance photojournalist Zoriah, who published pictures of dead U.S. Marines on his blog, says his post led him to be ejected from his U.S. military embed in Iraq.
He says he does not believe he violated any of the rules of his embed agreement. But he says Marine commanders were so upset by his photos last month that they promptly arranged for a convoy to take him back to Baghdad. He decided to return home to the U.S. several days later.
Zoriah said various military officials tried to keep the photos from being published. They asked him to stop photographing, delete his memory cards, surrender his cameras, and – within hours of his blog post – to remove the post. He refused each time.
"They embedded a war photographer, and when I took a photo of war, they disembedded me," Zoriah says. "It's as if it's okay to take pictures of them handing lollipops to kids on the street and providing medical care, but photographing the actual war is unacceptable."
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# posted by Jan-Edward : 11:03
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