Its universal that sometimes pictures can be more worth then
a thousand words. Any picture may be worthy with a thousand words, but only a
few rare photos tell more than a thousand words. Which tells a powerful story,
a story poignant enough to changed the world and galvanize each of us.
Well, here is my top ten list of photos that actually makes
shocked the world.
The above picture portrays Agim Shala, only two year old
baby who is passed through a fence made with barbed wire to his family. Thousan
of Kosovo fefugees were runited and camped in Kukes, Albania.
Carol Guzy, was a women who received a Pulitzer prize for
spot news photography, received her most recent Pulitzer in 2000 for her
touching photographs.
9. War Underfoot ( Carolyn Cole )
Los Angeles Times photographer Carolyn Cole took this
terrifying photo during her assignment in Liberia. It shows the devastating
effects of the Liberian Civil War.
Bullet casings cover entirely a street in Monrovia. The
Liberian capital was the worst affected region, because it was the scene of
heavy fighting between government soldiers and rebel forces.
8. Thailand Massacre ( Neal Ulevich )
Neal Ulevich won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for a series of
photographs of disorder and brutality in the streets of Bangkok , Thailand.
The Thammasat university massacre took place on October 6,
1976. Which was very violent attack on students who were demonstrating against
field Marshall Thanom Kittikachorn.
7.After the Storm ( Patrick Farrell )
The photographer of this photo was Patrick Ferrell, captured
the harrowing images of the Victims of Haiti in 2008. Patrick, documented the
Haitian tragedy with impressive black and white stills. The subjects of “after
the storm” is a boy who is trying to save a stroller after the tropical strom.
6. The power of One (Odey Bality)
In 2006, Israeli authorities ordered the evacuation of
illegal outposts, such as Amona. Oded Balilty, an Israeli photographer for the
Associated Press, was present when the evacuation degenerated into violent and
unprecedented clashes between settlers and police officers. The picture shows a
brave woman rebelling against authorities.
5. World Trade Center ( Steve Ludlum)
Steve Ludlum’s photos
have the power of astounding, and written description only tends to dilute the
impact. The consequences of the second aircraft crashing into New York’s WTC
were devastating: fireballs erupted and smoke billowed from the skyscrapers
anticipating the towers’ collapse and monstrous dust clouds.
4. After the Tsunami (Arko Datta)
This is one of the most representative and striking photos
of the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami which was taken by Reuters
photographer Arko Datta in Tamil Nadu. This
photo was able to won the World Press Photo competition of 2004. Kathy Ryan,
jury member and picture editor of The
New York Times Magazine, characterized Datta’s image as a “graphic, historical
and starkly emotional picture.”
3. Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Pablo Bartholomew)
Pablo Bartholomew is an Indian photojournalist who were able
to captured the Bhopal Gas . Twenty-six years have passed since India’s worst
industrial catastrophe injured 558,125 people and killed as many as 15,000.
Because safety standards and maintenance procedures had been ignored at the
Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, a leak of methyl
isocyanate gas and other chemicals
triggered a massive environmental and
human disaster.
Photographer Pablo Bartholomew rushed to document the
catastrophe. He came across a man who was burying a child. This scene was
photographed by both Pablo Bartholomew and Raghu Rai, another renowned Indian
photojournalist. “This expression was so moving and so powerful to tell the
whole story of the tragedy”, said Raghu Rai.
2. Operation Lion Heart ( Deanne Fitzmaurice)
Deanne Fitzmaurice won the highly respected award in 2005 (
Pulitzer Prize Award) to the photographic essay named “ Operation Lion Heart”
“Operation Lion Heart” is the story of a 9-year-old Iraqi
boy who was severely injured by an explosion during one of the most violent
conflicts of modern history – the Iraq War. The boy was brought to a hospital
in Oakland, CA where he had to undergo dozens of life-and-death surgeries. His
courage and unwillingness to die gave him the nickname: Saleh Khalaf, “Lion
Heart”.
1.Tragedy of Omayra Sanchez (Frank fourier)
This tragic image was captured by the Frank Fournier which
was Omayra Sanchez trapped in mud and collapsed buildings. The eruption of the
Nevado Del Ruz volcano in Colombia 1985 triggered a mssive mudslide. It devastated
towns was killed 25,000 people.
Frank Fournier took this photo shortly before Omayra died.
Her agonizing death was followed live on TV by hundreds of millions of people
around the world and started a major controversy.
