Who is this? Is the person old or young? Male or female? What ethnicity is this person? Where do you think this person lives? How is this person dressed?
Where is this? What kind of architecture is it? What country do you think this is? What city or town do you think this is?
Who is this? Is this person young or old? Is this person male or female? How is this person dressed? Where is this person? What expression does this person have? What ethnicity is this person?
Here is another version of the first photograph. What do we see that we didn't see before? Does that change any of the things we thought when looking at the first picture? Where do you we think it is now? When do we think this picture was taken? Why?
Here is another version of the third photograph. What do we see that we didn't see before? Does that change any of the things we thought when looking at the first picture? Where do you we think it is now?
What do we think is happening? Why?
Now that we see the photograph all together, does our understanding of the situation change? Where do you think this is, when do you think the photo was taken,
and what do you think is going on?
"Eddie Adams photographed 13 wars, including Vietnam. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1968 photograph of Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon. The prisoner had just murdered eight South Vietnamese. The photograph turned some Americans against the war and haunted Loan for the rest of his life.
Eddie Adams died in September, 2004. " This is a shocking photograph, but it is important in the history of the United States and in the course of the Vietnam War. In newspapers and on TV, we often see disturbing images, but they have a place in our culture and in our shared visual history.
Eddie Adams died in September, 2004. " This is a shocking photograph, but it is important in the history of the United States and in the course of the Vietnam War. In newspapers and on TV, we often see disturbing images, but they have a place in our culture and in our shared visual history.
What would be in the photograph if it were taken a few minutes earlier? What would be the impact of this photo if it were taken a few minutes earlier?
If it had been taken a few minutes later, what would be in the photo and what would its impact be?
Is there any way that this photo could have more impact? What changes would you make to the composition?
Why do you thing the photographer decided to use this exact composition? Why do you think he included all of the elements in this photograph?
If it had been taken a few minutes later, what would be in the photo and what would its impact be?
Is there any way that this photo could have more impact? What changes would you make to the composition?
Why do you thing the photographer decided to use this exact composition? Why do you think he included all of the elements in this photograph?