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The World press photo foundation runs a competition every year and is celebrating its 50th year, there are some remarkable but harrowing photos among them.

12 Pictures That have won over the years (Maybe NSFW some dead bodies on some no nudity)

Discussion from the photographers of a further five including one from the Gulf War, enlarge the fire escape one and amazing photo.

Gulf War and others SFW

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good stuff. appreciate the links.

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Theres a link to all 50 years winners Here

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wow... there is really some heartbreaking stuff in there. Photography is a great art.

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how about this one...

http://www.planet-tron.com/2p2/katrina.jpg

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Those pictures made me so emotional [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I have never seen anything as sad as the 1983 winner. The mother crying over her five dead children... The photographer's quote beautifully describes a parents love.... "While her screams pierced my heart, it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life."
Link to the pic

amazingly sad

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I have never seen anything as sad as the 1983 winner. The mother crying over her five dead children... The photographer's quote beautifully describes a parents love.... "While her screams pierced my heart, it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life."
Link to the pic

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Bad, but I think this one is far worse. If it's so heartbreaking the photographer commits suicide after, you might not want to look.
(Sudan famine child)

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50 years of suffering and sadness... Really puts things in perspective for how lucky a lot of us are even if we might think our lives are not all that great some days.

Thanks for the links.
-tpir

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The turkish woman made me tear up. Goddamnit. Amazing pictures

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I have never seen anything as sad as the 1983 winner. The mother crying over her five dead children... The photographer's quote beautifully describes a parents love.... "While her screams pierced my heart, it seemed like she thought her love could will them back to life."
Link to the pic

amazingly sad

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Bad, but I think this one is far worse. If it's so heartbreaking the photographer commits suicide after, you might not want to look.
(Sudan famine child)

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OMG! I am crying... This is terrible [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Another sad one

bhopal chemical disaster

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I read the responses to this thread and I chose not to look. I don't need the nightmares. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I read the responses to this thread and I chose not to look. I don't need the nightmares. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Bad, but I think this one is far worse. If it's so heartbreaking the photographer commits suicide after, you might not want to look.
(Sudan famine child)

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Oh my God. That is the saddest, most haunting thing I've ever seen. I just stared for five minutes.

Wow. Wow wow wow.

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I don't understand how the monks who set themselves on fire can just sit there motionless. I mean I understand they are disciplined, but...they're engulfed in flames. I don't see how you can be calm through that.

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Bad, but I think this one is far worse. If it's so heartbreaking the photographer commits suicide after, you might not want to look.
(Sudan famine child)

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I call bullshit on this one. Why wouldn't the photographer help the kid to the "food place?" Or go get him some food.

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I call bullshit on this one. Why wouldn't the photographer help the kid to the "food place?" Or go get him some food.

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Because it's against a journalist's code of ethics to interfere with his subject is the easy answer. The more likely answer is that behind the photographer, there was pandemonium in which a child with no hope of survival was not a top priority.

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I don't understand how the monks who set themselves on fire can just sit there motionless. I mean I understand they are disciplined, but...they're engulfed in flames. I don't see how you can be calm through that.

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Apparently, you don't understand the depth of their discipline and religious conviction.

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Apparently, you don't understand the depth of their discipline and religious conviction.

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I don't understand much of anything, but I was thinking that your body would do something along the lines of a involuntary reaction when set aflame

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I call bullshit on this one. Why wouldn't the photographer help the kid to the "food place?" Or go get him some food.

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Because it's against a journalist's code of ethics to interfere with his subject is the easy answer. The more likely answer is that behind the photographer, there was pandemonium in which a child with no hope of survival was not a top priority.

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I don't think there was pandemonium. I think your first reason is correct.

From http://www.thisisyesterday.com/ints/KCarter.html :

"In 1993 Carter headed north of the border with Silva to photograph the rebel movement in famine-stricken Sudan. To make the trip, Carter had taken a leave from the Weekly Mail and borrowed money for the air fare. Immediately after their plane touched down in the village of Ayod, Carter began snapping photos of famine victims. Seeking relief from the sight of masses of people starving to death, he wandered into the open bush. He heard a soft, high-pitched whimpering and saw a tiny girl trying to make her way to the feeding center. As he crouched to photograph her, a vulture landed in view. Careful not to disturb the bird, he positioned himself for the best possible image. He would later say he waited about 20 minutes, hoping the vulture would spread its wings. It did not, and after he took his photographs, he chased the bird away and watched as the little girl resumed her struggle. Afterward he sat under a tree, lit a cigarette, talked to God and cried. "He was depressed afterward," Silva recalls. "He kept saying he wanted to hug his daughter." "

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I call bullshit on this one. Why wouldn't the photographer help the kid to the "food place?" Or go get him some food.

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Because it's against a journalist's code of ethics to interfere with his subject is the easy answer. The more likely answer is that behind the photographer, there was pandemonium in which a child with no hope of survival was not a top priority.

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If you google around, you will find that this child is in fact a girl, and the photographer did take her to the aid station after shooting the pic. The pic won a pulitzer prize, what are you calling bullshit on exactly?