Monday, May 09, 2005

Picture power: Tragedy in Oklahoma

The power of a photograph and a photographer just being in the right place at the right time. A short history of powerful pictures from Vietnam, Darful to Iraq can also be found here.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Picture power: Tragedy in Oklahoma: "Picture power: Tragedy in Oklahoma
In the first of four pieces by photographers talking about their famous pictures, amateur Charles Porter describes how he captured the defining image of the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995. His pictures won a Pulitzer Prize.

I am talking about two photographs that I took on 19 April 1995 from the Oklahoma City bombing.

One being of a policeman handing an infant to a fireman and the other of a fireman gently cradling this lifeless infant."