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What the media doesn't want you to see


What the media doesn't want you to see
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Copyright: Philip Gerald (philip) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 237 W: 26 N: 176] (1320)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2004-04-06
Categories: Daily Life, Event, Decisive Moment, Friends/Family, Mood
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/28 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Trip With Uncle Sam
Theme(s): EXCLUSION?!, Black and White Favs [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-10-12 16:01
Viewed: 2579
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a good friend of mine that I was in Iraq with. He is posing with one of our little Iraqi friends whos name I wont say. Many Iraqi kids would come and just hang out with the American soldiers. I thought it was funny how he tried to give my friend "bunny ears" but was far too short. It made me laugh that they have some of the same dry humor in Iraq that we have in the U.S. :0) This is a shot you wont see in the news, you only see the bad things happening with the media even though the bad stuff it the minority of what is happening in Iraq. The picture itself isn't all that great but I wanted to post it anyways to show some of the good going on there. One thing I did like is that you can see another one of my soldier friends in the reflection of the glass. Hope you like it & God bless!
Philip
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This is a great pleasure to see that shot in stead of...well you know.The media they think we are like sheeps, brainless or stupid. That's why I stopped watching T-V 3 years ago.
Anyway we won't change it. Thanks

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  • GlenC Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 142 W: 2 N: 99] (787)
  • [2005-10-12 16:23]

Thanks for sharing a good picture and a good moment Philip.

Excellent off-beat picture. Life goes on. I really like the little boy sneaking the v sign in over the soldier's shoulder. Thanks for posting this.

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  • tsumeb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 308 W: 58 N: 269] (2128)
  • [2005-10-12 17:07]

I really enjoy your perspective from Iraq Philip. This picture is priceless. What a fine moment. Thanks for posting.

Great job Phil!
Wonderful capture of a priceless moment!

Great job. These things should be reported on.
Thanks for taking up the slack.
Matt

Well, as Paul Harvey would say, Philip, thanks for showing a piece of "the rest of the story."

Philip, I am very glad you posted this picture.

It is GREAT. I just love the subject, your wonderful and touching note and the shot itself. I find it to be an excellent journalistic photo. I also like it in B&W. I think, this is my favorite of all your pictures that I saw, because of its idea.
Your friend seems to be a very nice and kind person.

Really, God Bless ALL THE PEOPLE! Irina

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  • VinceM (29)
  • [2005-12-29 13:24]

What do you mean, "The picture itself isn't all that great" ???

It's fantastic !

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  • Texan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 524 W: 49 N: 1] (24)
  • [2006-05-16 18:38]

Great shot a simple shot that says so much a very meaningful snap shot.

Do you really think that the media doesn't want...Perhap's it's not a good shot because of no blood, no fear, no misery, no destruction...

Perhap's only usefull for the army, a very nice american soldier... at war...

But, a good shot, in my opinion, because of the smiles. Your friend and the child look like natural...human.
And I'm sincerely happy that you're alive...

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  • ttreen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1410 W: 130 N: 3832] (15926)
  • [2006-09-10 19:12]

I love this picture.... Its a great picture...
I agree the media would not ever show this...
? who is in the window reflection? you taking the pic or someone watching your back??

I agree with cse, bichoo, an abramhowitz. As an American who comes from an Egyptian family I see here in the U.S.A. everyday propaganda about the war in Iraq. The media here tries to make us believe that all is fine and dandy in Iraq between the American soldiers and the Iraqi civilians. Since when is this "a shot you won't see in the news"? I think you need to consider the amount of Iraqi civilians' lives that were crushed and taken away as a result of America's colonization of Iraq. In retrospect, your photo is good as far as black and white goes, and the lighting, but the content and the message attached to it are insensitive to the plight of the Iraqi peoples. Be careful to not turn a blind eye to what is really going on. Thankyou for considering my critique.
Lara

IM NOT AGREE WITH MESSAGE OF THIS PHOTO WANT TO PRODUCE THIS RUBISH AND A COMPLETELY UNCOMPREHENSIVE TO POST AND PUT THAT NOTE GUIDELINES IN THIS PAGE,YOU DIDNīT HAVE THE SUTIL MIND TO THINK THAT YOU COULD DESTROY HEART AND MIND OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT COUNTRY AND TO MAKE BRAIN OF IRAK PEOPLE BECOME HOSTIL WITH THIS KIND OF INSOLENCE AND PROVOCATIVE SHOT.
IM SORY ,IN MY OPINION YOU DONīT DESERVE MY POINTS OR USEFULL MARKING IN THIS.
MAYBE THE NEXT CENTURY.
WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS!!!??
POOR WORLD!!!

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  • inaam Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1719 W: 5 N: 389] (1376)
  • [2006-10-14 16:10]

I was in Germany a couple of months back and there I learnt as sign of Hitler cannot be displayed - by Law. A question rised in my mind "Does people of Germany enjoy freedom of speech?"

This picture reminds me of those archieves which were published during the WW-II by the Nazi authorities. Americans are the same as the Germans were in the recent history.

As a monochrome, this is a fine image with good quality and very well composed. Thanks for sharing.

Philip,
I had to top this photo off with a good comment because those people who posted before were rude and immature. They seem like they hold the war against YOU. having two nephews in Iraq for a total of over 2 years, I can understand how you need to have this photo shown to the public.
No one seems to remember how many people Saddam gassed, how many people he tortured or how many people were killed needlessly. I wasn't necessarily for going over to Iraq but I will stand by (and behind) the United States troops forever. I am proud of them and I realize they have a job to do and they do it well. I am not for the Bush administration but he is our president and he has made a decision to go to war and put our troops in a position to fight. I wish them luck, safety and a quick return home. Don't listen to the hogwash that people say about how America is like Germany during the holocaust. Those people are turning their head on the truth about Saddam. WE are sacraficing our own soldiers for the Iraqi's, the countries that those people live in do not.
The Photo: I like the content, the use of B&W and the reflection in the BG.
Good work and bless you.
Scott

truly heartwarming!
great photo and keep smiling!

mabuhay!
raul

Hi Philip,
you're totally right, always when i see something in the news about the war in Iraq or Afghanistan they are always talking about the bad things but i have never seen a picture like this where you can just think of like: YES they aren't doing it for nothing.
TFS.

Martijn

Hi Philip
In my eyes I think this is a great picture. I don't get to see a lot of military pictures from Iraq, but every chance I get I'm sure to look. I think the color and framing is very well composed, it could be brightened a little bit, but other than that I wouldn't change it. I appreciate it very much that you and all the other soldiers were and are over in Iraq. I don't think that it was wrong for you to post this picture. More power to you Thanks for sharing :)

Great, I love it. nothing to add or say or comment

Nice and interesting black and white shot. I really prefer to see this kind of picture, it's a lot different from what we see on TV! Thanks for sharing and thanks to put smiles on Iraqui kids faces!

hi
very good, regards

leszek
:] ;P

Oh, come on!!!!! You DONīT really think that this pic shows "The good" happening in Iraq, or do you really?
Do you think it is right for any nation to do all the evil the USA have done in Iraq, in exchange for a picture of a little child with a soldier, none of which have a clue about the real reasons (oil) why their loved ones are being killed!?
By the way, if Saddam alone is an excuse to invade a soveraign nation, then I guess G.W. Bush is just as genocidal, and so, maybe America should be invaded for the sake of freedom....lol...And then we might have pretty pics of american kids by the side of some foreign nation soldier, who in turn would be calling himself a freedom fighter, I guess....

Beware, the fact you can see a pretty moment in the middle of war doesnīt make that war any less evil or meaningless.

In time: The picture is excellent!

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  • Mitra Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1254 W: 75 N: 902] (7908)
  • [2008-07-10 12:32]

really like the little boy sneaking the v sign in over the soldier's shoulder. Well done.
Mitra

Hello Philip , Patric and Iraqian friend

Really beautiful friendly shot , A peace at fight :) , Stunning & Stopping shot.Beautiful scene you have captured.

TFS

Peace WishinGs

Afshin from Iran ;)

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  • Ivankos Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 43 W: 0 N: 94] (1465)
  • [2009-02-13 17:55]

O, yes! What about tho shoes from Iraqi people??? he show to hole world what Iraqi people really mean about the Americans!!!

People in Kosovo also love Americans but that's because you bombimng Yugoslavia and destroy country to help separatism, nationalism and terrorism in Serbia! even USA government has put KLA on their terrorist list, but because of politics, they remove them! over the 200,000 Serbs, after 1999, has been forced to live Kosovo and Metohija which is Serbian land with Serbian name! Now, Albanians change history, name, burn our churches, destroy graveyards, kill Serbs from fun and keep Serbs in ghetto without freedom of moving! THAT IS PICTURE MEDIA DONT WANNA SHOUW YOU!!! And they (albanians) have done that for almost 100 year back, until 1989 year! please, dont thrust me, visit the (www.savekosovo.com, www.kosovo.net www.kosovoliberationarmy.com )

Philip, what a wonderful peacefull pic, from the front lines of the War on Terror showing some of the nicer moments with Iraqi Children. Thank you for your service to your country.

Philippe Cyr

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