the good, the bad and the ugly
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Platt, an American photographer from the press agency Getty Images, won the World Press Photo Award 2006 for a photograph taken on August 15, 2006 south of Beirut, during the first day of the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, just as the first inhabitants of the town, who had been evacuated, were coming back home.
click here to read what the late Mai Ghoussoub had to say about this fascinating photo of lebanese juxtaposition and inversion
posted by rouba at
5:48 PM
2 Comments:
Honestly the picture did not strike me when I saw it.
This is not something new for a Lebanese. This mix, or blend, of destruction, war and love of life is (unfortunately) our everyday life. What is fascinating for foreigners is casual for us.
By
Paul, at Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:10:00 PM
I wouldn't call this fascinating as much as I would call it surreal. The fascinating thing is how fresh the girls' tans look meanwhile their country is burning.
Gotta love life though, right?
By
Anonymous, at Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:59:00 PM
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