The Power of Tragic Photos

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The Power of Tragic Photos – PhotoShelter Blog

When I was a kid, it seemed like TIME magazine was filled every week with images of starvation from Ethiopia. I didn’t find myself connecting with those photos because 1) I didn’t have the emotional experience to contextualize suffering, and 2) Ethiopia s

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in the past decade, certain images have been seared into my brain, and in the past month alone, a few images have nearly brought me to tears, even though we’re bombarded by hundreds of images on a daily basis. These images don’t describe a tragic event, but rather the aftermath. The emotions expressed by the subjects are universal, and as such, they transcend geographic borders and time. They are too easily relatable

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