(c) AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti
In my short life, I’ve seen thousands of truly horrific photos. Lots of deaths, wounds, tears and blood. I’ve seen countless of suffering people and bodies ripped apart by explosives.
I don’t get shocked easily any more when watching photos or video footage of these horrors. Don’t think that I don’t care about these people, on the contrary, but most of the images just don’t send those cold shivers down my spine any more. Well, those shivers came back last night, after seeing one of the most shocking photo essays ever.
I just came home from babysitting my nephew when I saw a tweet by Israel based photographer Ilan Bresler. Ilan referred to a blogpost on Tampabay.com. I was really shocked when I saw them.
The essay consists of twelve portraits of young Pakistani women attacked by men throwing acid. Most of the women had several plastic surgeries, but their faces are still horribly mutilated. You can see the images for yourself over here. But be warned, the one I’ve posted above is probably the least horrific.
Thanks Ilan, for tweeting this link, and making the world a little bit better because of it. Even though it’s awful to see, people ought to know what’s happening in this world. And that is the power of (photo)journalism.
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