Photos that; inform you or shock you or you pick how you react

[Robert A Whit]

Last known Tasmanian Tiger circa 1933.jpg
Last known Tasmanian Tiger DOUBLE CLICK PHOTOS FOR LARGER SHOTS

London sky following a bombing and dogfight v Brit and German planes 1940.jpg
London sky following being bombed with fighters above
Nagasaki 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.jpg

Nagasaki Japan shortly after the A bomb exploded

The great San Francisco fire and earthquake 1906.jpg

San Francisco Great fire and Quake damage circa 1906

Hitler in Paris.jpg

Hitler in Paris during WW 2

[WiccanLiberal]

The essence of truly great photography is to capture a moment and convey emotion in a 2 dimensional medium. Pathos, excitement, happiness can all be conveyed. Remember this one:





Or this:






I think the reaction to photos is always about the photographer's skill and the background the viewer uses to filter the experience of that image.

[gabosaurus]

rotten.com is the only address you need to know for this thread.

[Voted4Reagan]

Irish Hunger Strikers, Long Kesh Prison, H-Block
1981

[Robert A Whit]

The essence of truly great photography is to capture a moment and convey emotion in a 2 dimensional medium. Pathos, excitement, happiness can all be conveyed. Remember this one:





Or this:






I think the reaction to photos is always about the photographer's skill and the background the viewer uses to filter the experience of that image.

I believe I saw that Vietnamese child, now an adult, on an American TV show where she claimed to now be an American citizen.

Two photos of the war in Vietnam stand out in my opinion. Yours and the photo of the Vietnamese General in the process of executing some Vietcong kid. Oh, we can't forget the monks that burned themselves to death either.

As to my series, the alleged Tiger certainly has some features of a dog. I plan to do research on that Tasmanian tiger.

[Robert A Whit]

I have other you tubes to study but I believe a claim is now made that they are still at Tasmania.

But to learn a lot about them, take a look at this video.