When something like today's assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the suicide bombing of her and her supporters occurs and it actually makes the nightly news or the papers of record, you'll usually see a photo like this, conveying the shock and horror of another observer to the carnage without showing you the carnage. This doesn't show you that the photographer is standing in a pool of blood from someone recently deceased, or the mutilated bodies at this man's feet because an editor somewhere has decided that you don't need to see it to understand. Maybe they're right, but having seen the raw photos, I don't think so today.
Before and After the Assassination, in Photos
Before and After the Assassination, in Photos
Before and After the Assassination, in Photos
When something like today's assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the suicide bombing of her and her supporters occurs and it actually makes the nightly news or the papers of record, you'll usually see a photo like this, conveying the shock and horror of another observer to the carnage without showing you the carnage. This doesn't show you that the photographer is standing in a pool of blood from someone recently deceased, or the mutilated bodies at this man's feet because an editor somewhere has decided that you don't need to see it to understand. Maybe they're right, but having seen the raw photos, I don't think so today.