News desensitizes death. Every single story that comes from the news seems to be something that really isn't too far out of the norm. Every day news is heard about who has been killed in combat, who has been murdered on the street, and which celebrity had left the world either of old age or a tragic ending. It's the daily standard, and because of that we have become accustomed to death occurring often. But what pictures can achieve which text or spoken word cannot, is bring out the true emotions, the unbiased take. This allows the viewer to actually become sensitive to the situation. Syria had been something talked about in the news every day. And although numbers had been attributed to the death count from the tyrannical regime put in place in Syria, one could not really connect those numbers to their own life. This image taken from the Syrian conflict hits every viewer close to home. A child, wounded, in the arms of his father. This is something that not one parent would ever want to have to try to endure. This picture is very relatable to the viewer and creates a very strong connection to the reader without much work at all. The bloody child is the main focus of the picture with the dad weeping over him, it looks as if his world has been turned upside down. This image gives the entire conflict relatable human qualities. No longer are the numbers of the conflict just numbers, they are all human lives and families, everything simply destroyed. Images like these allow readers to further understand tragedy, and put simply, should be a necessity for all stories, so people can better understand what is really happening.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/best-photos-2012-year-pictures_n_2277480.html#slide=1863854
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