Lawhead and fellow journalism professors Brian Poulter and Peter Voelz spoke about the background behind many infamous and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs.
Lawhead said he started to choke up because he could relate to the scene in the child’s photo.
“I’ve sat next to a one-year-old and watched him die,” Lawhead said.
He said he tells his students being a photojournalist is a fun job but parts of it are “not so cool.”
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