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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2015, 09:30 PM Mar 2015

Photo of a Syrian Girl Surrendering to the Camera Breaks the Internet’s Heart

One of the most widely shared photos on the Internet in the past week has been the picture above by Turkish photojournalist Osman Sağırlı. It’s a portrait of a young Syrian girl he encountered back in 2014, who mistook his telephoto lens for a weapon and instinctively threw up her hands in surrender.

“That’s heartbreaking,” says one Reddit commenter. Another writes: “To think a child so young is conditioned to do this just kills me.”

Others questioned whether the photo actually shows what Shaban had originally claimed (that the girl was spontaneously surrendering to the camera). The BBC did some investigation and published an article about the story today.

Sağırlı tells the BBC that the photo shows a girl named Hudea who was four years old when he met her in a refugee camp in Syria in December 2014.

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http://petapixel.com/2015/03/31/a-photo-of-a-syrian-girl-surrendering-to-the-camera-breaks-the-internets-heart/#more-162255

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Photo of a Syrian Girl Surrendering to the Camera Breaks the Internet’s Heart (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2015 OP

Those that do not atempt to remove the evil among us seveneyes Mar 2015 #1

looks staged Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #2

Well, that's pretty damn cynical... MattSh Apr 2015 #3

and rightfully so Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #4

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

1. Those that do not atempt to remove the evil among us

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 09:35 PM

Mar 2015

Are tools among the evil among us.

On the news a nation mourns you unknown soldier, count the cost
For a second you'll be famous but labeled posthumous
Forgotten sons

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)

2. looks staged

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 10:42 PM

Mar 2015

too cute, kid is way too photogenic and clean and hair too perfectly cut for a refugee in a war zone

these come out with every propaganda push for a new war

MattSh

(3,714 posts)

3. Well, that's pretty damn cynical...

Reply to Man from Pickens (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 06:42 AM

Apr 2015

Maybe you should read what the BBC has to say about it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32121732

This article was linked in the original PetaPixel link above.

And let me guess, you've never been to a refugee camp, have you?

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)

4. and rightfully so

Reply to MattSh (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 09:50 AM

Apr 2015

After a lifetime of seeing just this kind of photo used to beat the drums of war, it's quite reasonable.

I have read the BBC article and basically we're relying on the word of the photographer to vouch for its authenticity. I'm sure he has no reason at all to misrepresent it in any way. Nope, no reason.

Why don't you tell me about your extensive experience in refugee camps cleaning children for accidental photographs?

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