World Press Photo 2nd prize Iraq 'News' Photo (warning: bloody -- fake or not?)

World Press Photo ^ | 2/10/2006 | Chris Hondros

[NonAmerican]

The caption reads:

"Young girl grieves her parents killed by US patrol, Tal Afar, Iraq, 18 January"

"Chris Hondros, USA, Getty Images."

The photo shows a US soldiler beside the girl.

[NonAmerican]

Warning, the photo is bloody.

Is this FAKE or not?

Anyone knows the background of WPP and Chris Hondros?

[HHKrepublican_2]

I think this is fake...it looks like the Girl was near a Car Bomb attack and got blood sprayed on her and was just frightened.

[CyberAnt]

How come there's spattered blood on the soldier's foot ..??

[Riley]

I wouldn't put it past the media to completely change the story of what happened in order to advance an agenda. They've done it many times before.

[F-117A]

Newsday

[NonAmerican]

I don't believe it's real as well. The photo may be real, but not the caption. The awards were announced on 10 February 2006. http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/ About World Press Photo World Press Photo is run as an independent, non-profit organization with its office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where World Press Photo was founded in 1955. The organization is controlled by an independent management board and employs around 20 permanent staff members. The Amsterdam office acts as the hub for a network of professional contacts worldwide. The cooperation and assistance of people in this international network makes organising the contest, exhibitions and other activities on such a large scale possible. First and foremost, World Press Photo is known for organizing the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. After the contest, the prizewinning photographs are assembled into a traveling exhibition that is visited by over a million people in 40 countries. A yearbook presenting all prizewinning entries is published annually in six languages. The 2006 jury Chair: James Colton, USA, photo editor Sports Illustrated Members: • Paula Bronstein, USA, staff photographer Getty Images - Asia • Per Folkver, Denmark, picture editor in chief Politiken • Janine Haidar, Lebanon, photo editor Agence France-Presse • Magdalena Herrera, France/Cuba, art director National Geographic • Wen Huang, People's Republic of China, picture editor Xinhua News Agency • Gary Knight, UK, photographer VII • Eliane Laffont, France, editorial director Hachette Filipacchi Photos • Greg Marinovich, South Africa, picture editor Sunday Times • Ricardo Mazalan, Argentina, photographer The Associated Press • Simon Njami, Cameroon, artistic director Rencontres Africaines • Kathy Ryan, USA, photo editor The New York Times Magazine • Stephan Vanfleteren, Belgium, photographer

[F-117A]

See post #5

[processing please hold]

Look at the blood pattern on his boot. It's a straight line. That means his foot would have to have been there when the blood splatter occured. At the moment of the incident? I don't think so. But hey, I'm not a blood splatter expert.

[layman]

The photo shows a US soldier beside the girl.

I don't see a US soldier or dead parents in the picture. All I see is a leg and the printed assertion that a US patrol killed someone. It smells like poorly done propaganda to me.

[CyberAnt]

I'm not either .. but it is curious.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

see #5

[F-117A]

See #5

[rawcatslyentist]

Slimes are LIARS!!!
Their role model Moe Ham Hed even LIED about his own divinity!!

When he negotiated a treaty with Arabs who were at war with him, he did not insist that his title as “prophet” be placed in the document (this act horrified his companions, to the point where they thought it was sacrilege). Instead, he had his name written as simply Muhammad, the son of Abdulla. This placated his enemy and was essential to successfully concluding the treaty, which gave the Muslims an extended period of peace that allowed them to publicize Islam.
The peace treaty was for ten years. Moe broke it in two!!!!

We should NOT EVER BELIEVE ANYTHING the Slimes say or do without deliberating the context, and repercussions of actually believing anything they say or do!

The Toon riots were started by Toons published by the leaders/imams/satan worshipers themselves!

Sura 9:5 of the “Koran,” “Slay the idolaters muslimes wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush.”

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[F-117A]

Chris Hondros' Website

[TomGuy]

Article about Hondro:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1450175,00.html

The slideshow, including this image, are at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/TGD/slideShowPopUp/0,,1450218,00.html

[Riley]

I'm not familiar with Newday. Are they more credible than say CBS- who would either grossly manipulate a story or just fabricate it, as needed?

*If the account at the link is a true recounting of events*, then it sounds like a tragedy. Some guy driving his family somewhere after curfew accelerates when approaching a patrol that is ordering him to stop, gets lit up, mom and dad KIA.

[crushelits]

Getty Images is First class organization. Is the photo real?
Yes, I think the photo is real. The girl's expression is also real.

How do I know this?

I am a professional photographer.

[Wormwood]

Doesn't look fake to me. Powerful photo, in fact. Kudos to the photographer.

[Robert A Cook PE]

A photo can be real, but the award manipulated - and the STORY about the circumstances of the photo manipulated - to become mere propaganda.

[Wormwood]

A photo can be real, but the award manipulated - and the STORY about the circumstances of the photo manipulated - to become mere propaganda.

Or it could be entirely true.

Is there any further evidence on either side?