On the other, it is such a perfect and unique example of this evil that it transcends the constant, predictable, numbing pictorial representations of equal or greater violence that usually just slip away unseen. These are such troubling thoughts to think. Ten years ago, I would have felt some of the violence before I could acknowledge my respect for the photograph. Now I feel them both simultaneously. Perhaps that’s the great achievement of the photograph. But what do I know anymore? I guess I’m in too deep.
December 28, 2013
"For me, pictures like this are so troubling because they ask core questions about the contradictory nature of photography."
"On the one hand, the photo is a tremendously disturbing representation of evil and chaos."
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The bodies are wrapped in sheets. There must have some ritual to the murder. What message do the wrapped bodies convey? Who would understand that message?
"Who would understand that message?"
Anybody living in Mexico. Do not mess with drug cartels.
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What's disturbing about that photo is the utter artlessness of it- a professional photographer took that shot? Sheesh, just think of what Weegee could have done with that tableau...
I'd like to see a photograph of the photographer photographing that photo.
It's a rather antiseptic shot. I suspect they'd shy away from any view of real chaos.
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