This is not photoshopped

[weswelker#83]

It won a Pulitzer actually.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/fe...heisler03.html

[Patriot_in_NY]

Okay.............................. thanks.

[weswelker#83]

Visual Metaphor

[otis p. driftwood]

Originally Posted by weswelker#83

Visual Metaphor

Sorry, wes, not getting it. A picture of a coffin being unloaded? Tragic site, but an American hero nonetheless. What's your point, my friend?

[Wildo7]

Originally Posted by a.paul

Sorry, wes, not getting it. A picture of a coffin being unloaded? Tragic site, but an American hero nonetheless. What's your point, my friend?

Really? You can't see why it won a pulitzer? American consumers quietly sitting unsuspectingly looking out of there limited views while another dead American is unloaded from beneath them as they curiously glance at it in real life for the first time. "So this is war." Pretty much a symbol for Americans, the media and the war today. Brilliant picture.

[otis p. driftwood]

Originally Posted by Wildo7

Really? You can't see why it won a pulitzer? American consumers quietly sitting unsuspectingly looking out of there limited views while another dead American is unloaded from beneath them as they curiously glance at it in real life for the first time. "So this is war." Pretty much a symbol for Americans, the media and the war today. Brilliant picture.

Oh, I didn't comment on the picture, did I?

Did I say "huh, why did that crappy picture win a pew-lizzer prize?"

All I did was ask wes what his point was when he posted it.


See--if I posted it, I'd say something about the picture or the photographer or something.

[weswelker#83]

Originally Posted by a.paul

Oh, I didn't comment on the picture, did I?

Did I say "huh, why did that crappy picture win a pew-lizzer prize?"

All I did was ask wes what his point was when he posted it.


See--if I posted it, I'd say something about the picture or the photographer or something.

Wildo answered your question "Beautifully".

There is a song called Little Boy Soldiers by The Jam, the closing lyrics being,

"Better to take your shots and drop down dead, then they send you home in a pine overcoat

With a letter to your mum

Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note - to say he won."

[Real World]

The point is simple. Wes is using the tragic loss of an American hero, to make a personal political statement. If he had some specific point, he'd have stated it. He didn't though. A picture is worth a thousands words, but actions themselves are priceless.

[weswelker#83]

Hope the profits were worth it, Cheney!

and oh , i almost forgot .....He volunteered.

[Real World]

Originally Posted by weswelker#83

Hope the profits were worth it, Cheney!

and oh , i almost forgot .....He volunteered.

Like I was saying...