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【中文标题】2013年十大新闻照片
【原文标题】TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2013
【登载媒体】时代周刊
【原文链接】http://lightbox.time.com/2013/12/02/time-picks-the-top-10-photos-of-2013/#1
与以往不同，摄影已经成为我们沟通的主要方式。每天，有惊人数量的图片被分享——大约有5亿张，这个数字还在不断上升。即使在这样浩如烟海的图片中，最优秀的图片依然脱颖而出。
我们的2013年十佳照片囊括了众多摄影师的作品，包括老牌摄影记者Tyler Hicks（内罗毕韦斯特盖特购物中心大屠杀）、Philippe Lopez（超级台风海燕蹂躏菲律宾）和报道波士顿马拉松恐怖炸弹袭击的John Tlumacki。
2013年的新闻让我们认识了几位崭露头角的摄影师，包括记录了开罗拉比亚广场血腥示威的Mosa’ab Elshamy，和在土耳其暴动期间拍摄了标志性照片的Daniel Etter。4月底，活动人士和摄影师Taslima Akhter在导致1000多人死亡的孟加拉制衣厂大火中，拍摄了一张最为动人心魄的照片《最后的拥抱》。她花了几个月的时间来寻找这张令人不安、动容的照片中受害者的名字，但依然无法找到。
9月，《时代周刊》发表了一系列图片记录叙利亚残忍的处决行为。当时，我们出于安全考虑隐藏了摄影师的名字。现在，他第一次决定公开身份。他就是Emin Özmen，这名土耳其摄影师在2012年因其记录阿勒颇（译者注：叙利亚西北部城市）酷刑的照片而获得世界新闻照片奖。他在叙利亚大灾难中拍摄的一天里处决平民过程的照片，是这场战争难以言状的残暴的证据。
摄影师Peter van Agtmael多年来记录伊拉克和阿富汗的战争以及战争的后果。6月，他拍摄了一副感人的肖像照，这是一名伊拉克战争的老兵Bobby Henline，后来成为一名喜剧演员。这张照片成为一篇报道和《时代周刊》一个纪录片的素材。
David Jenkins捕捉到一个令人震惊的场景。南非锡尔岛附近的一只大白鲸在捕捉一只海狗，海狗似乎就要逃脱。你需要自己读一读照片的介绍了解结果如何。
今年年初，一场山火吞没了Tim Holmes和他的妻子及5个孙子孙女居住在澳大利亚海边的城镇，他们在海水里躲避大火。Holmes用他的手机拍摄了一张悲惨的照片，发给他的女儿证明一家人都好。尽管Holmes不是一名新闻摄影师，但他的照片证明了移动电话的强大力量。在突发性事件中，最具新闻价值、最有感染力的照片也可以是普通人拍摄出来的。
我们与这10张照片的摄影师分别做过沟通，他们的一些话为这些照片做了注解。
John Tlumacki，美国，马萨诸塞州，波士顿，2013年4月15日
波士顿马拉松比赛中的第一枚炸弹，大约在男子比赛冠军冲过终点线之后的2小时40分在博伊尔斯顿大街引爆。我就站在终点线上拍摄运动员，有些人穿着特制服装，还有些人拉着孩子和家人的手，享受一起完成比赛的喜悦。
博伊尔斯顿大街爆炸的第一颗炸弹离我不到45英尺，爆炸的气浪让我站立不稳。我看到来自华盛顿史蒂文斯湖的运动员Bill Iffrig跌倒在地，于是跑过去给他拍照。三名波士顿警察同时冲向他，一个人拔出手枪，这时候第二枚炸弹在三个街区之外爆炸。我后来在编辑照片时才发现了警察的手枪。刚开始我不知道发生了什么事，以为或许是礼炮或者地面维修打孔的声音。但当我跑到距离几英尺的人行道上，我看到了炸弹的恐怖威力。我马上知道我拍摄照片的价值，于是尽量让自己的眼睛不离开取景器。烟雾很浓。一名警官看着我的眼睛对我说：“你不要在这里，还有炸弹可能要引爆。”尸体上的火焰依然没有熄灭，人的肢体到处都是，大量的鲜血铺满了人行道。
我拍到来自罗威尔的Kevin Corcoran用他的皮带给他妻子Celeste的断腿处止血。我拍到Celeste的女儿Sydney躺在地上，两个人用T恤衫包住她的双腿。来自北卡罗莱纳州夏洛特的Nicole Gross挣扎着站起来，她的衣服碎成布条，她的腿严重受伤，身下有一滩血迹。一名警察跑过来，用两支手指搭在Krystal Campbell的脖子上查看脉搏。Krystal未能幸免遇难，Celeste失去了双腿。一枚手机大小的弹片打在Sydney的大腿内侧大动脉处，她几乎流干了所有的血液。我连续拍摄了12分钟，然后取回我的笔记本电脑，我把它留在终点线附近。我开车回到办公室。我脱掉鞋子，上面沾满了鲜血，然后开始编辑图片。到了晚上，这些场景依然萦绕在我的头脑里。
Taslima Akhter，孟加拉，达卡市萨瓦区，2013年4月24日
2013年4月24日那一天依然让我记忆犹新。早上9点我得到了消息，立即前往热那大厦。当时我并不知道这是一起多么残忍的事件，但几个小时之后，我看到了巨大的恐怖。那一天有很多人帮助幸存者，也有很多人拍照。到了夜里，现场依然有很多人。我看到了遇难者亲属们恐惧的目光，有些人在哭泣，有些人在寻找家人。
大约凌晨两点，在建筑物背面废墟的无数具尸体里，我看到一对夫妻相互拥抱着。他们的下半身被一块水泥板压住，一滴血从男人的眼眶流出，就像一滴眼泪。从那以后，这对夫妻的样子在我心头挥之不去。我心里有那么多的问题，在生命的最后一刻他们在想什么？他们是否想起了自己的家人？他们是否尝试自己逃生？
我不停的问自己，这些人的梦想重要吗？仅仅因为他们是世界上最廉价的劳动力就不值得我们的关注吗？我收到了来自世界各地的大量信件，表达了工人阶级的团结。这些信鼓励了我，这起事件让我思考一个问题，作为一名摄影师我的责任是什么？我的照片就是我的抗议。
Tim Holmes，澳大利亚，达纳利，2013年1月4日
2013年1月4日，一场森林大火横扫南塔斯马尼亚的达纳利海滨小镇。我和妻子还有5个孙子孙女在房子旁边的海水里躲避，大火吞噬了周围的一切。
孙子孙女们住在我们旁边，那是一个漂亮、洒满阳光的木头农场。有一个篱笆围起来的花园，地上都是孩子们的玩具、沙坑和漂亮的花朵。有一条小路穿过森林，通往一个存放小船的木棚和一个小码头，孩子们经常在那里玩。
那一天，码头变成了我们的庇护所，水很冷，火焰的热气扑面，但最大的问题是缺少氧气。我们找到了一个浅水处，在有毒的烟气和水之间有一些可以呼吸的空气。
火烧到了水边，码头也着火了，但是我们想办法把它扑灭。我们在码头下的水里待了两个半小时。我用妻子的iPhone拍了张照片，通过彩信发给女儿，让她知道我们都在一起。我们最终得以幸免，但房子和其它一切都没有了。
Daniel Etter，土耳其、伊斯坦布尔，2013年6月1日
抗议的规模出乎我的意料。居住在塔克西姆广场附近，我已经习惯看到周边的示威游行。盖齐公园抗议在一开始并没有什么特殊之处，于是我离开土耳其去乌克兰报道一个新闻。但是当我离开之后，占领盖齐公园运动演化成反对总理埃尔多安的抗议活动。我决定飞回土耳其。
第二天晚上，我在总理办公室多玛巴切皇宫外拍摄到年轻人与警察发生冲突。抗议者向他的办公室推进，警方用高压水龙和大量的催泪瓦斯回击。为了阻挡经常，抗议者用各种各样的东西制成障碍物。
在其中一个障碍物上，我看到这个人挥舞土耳其国旗，由于太多催泪瓦斯而不得不撤退。尽管我戴着一个防毒面具，但依然感觉呼吸困难。而他在没有任何防护措施的情况下，冲锋了若干次。我跟了他一段时间，拍下这张照片。
我把照片上传到Facebook，一个土耳其朋友转发了图片，几分钟之后，开始在网络上疯传。几个小时里，有一万人转发，人们把它作为自己的头像。这张图片出现在T恤衫和海报上，奇怪的是，土耳其第三大诚实伊兹密尔竟然还出现了一座模仿这张照片的纪念碑。
David Jenkins，南非，锡尔岛，2013年7月26日
最近5、6年，我经常去远离南非海岸的锡尔岛拍摄大白鲨捕食海狗的场景。2013年7月26日早晨，我和一位当地的鲨鱼导游出海，前往锡尔岛。海面风平浪静，天上有一些云彩，这是观看鲨鱼捕食的好时机。
通常情况下，最活跃的捕食时间是在太阳升起前一小时或者落山后一小时。我大约在7:15到达岛上，立即就发现了一些捕食的迹象——海鸥在上空盘旋，海面上有漂浮物。鲨鱼一旦发起攻击，那只是电光火石的一刻，不到一秒钟就会结束。我们决定跟着一些海狗，它们去岛外进食之后正在游回岛屿附近，保持一些距离以免惊扰它们。我注意到一只小海狗落在大部队的后面，鲨鱼通常会选择落单的海狗发起攻击，因为成功的几率比较高。
我在取景器中盯住那只海狗，突然之间，大白鲨发起了攻击。鲨鱼把大嘴张开，海狗躲过了这一口。海狗的身体被鲨鱼的鼻子抛出海面，落到水中时，将将躲过了鲨鱼的大嘴。接下来的几分钟，海狗紧贴着鲨鱼的身体游来游去，利用它的灵活性消耗鲨鱼的体力。最终鲨鱼放弃了，海狗安全游回了岛上。
Tyler Hicks，肯尼亚，内罗毕，2013年9月21日
当我来到内罗毕的高档韦斯特盖特购物中心时，很明显这里发生了灾难性的事件。有人听到枪声，我看到数百人尖叫着跑出商场，很多人身上带着枪伤，鲜血淋漓。我明白，这就是我在两年前搬到这里来之后，一直被警告会发生的袭击事件。成人党军队在对一个经常聚集外国人的目标发动暴力进攻。
在外边拍摄了一些混乱的场景之后，我试图寻找进入购物中心的方法。我看到一小队混乱的肯尼亚警察和军队，被惊慌的人群围住。我从楼上进入到大厅的洋台上，看到了下面血腥的虐杀。到处是尸体，其中有一个吓坏了的女人和两个孩子被困在一家咖啡厅里。他们趴在地上一动不动，商场的扩音器里依然在播放着音乐。我拍了几张照片，然后退出来。那个女人和孩子最终获救，安然无恙。
Peter van Agtmael，美国，得克萨斯州，汉伯尔，2013年6月12日
我在距离休斯顿机场几英里的6号汽车旅店里，拍摄了这张Bobby Henline的照片。当天早些时候，他见到了Rodney McCandless的父亲，这个19岁的士兵在伊拉克一次针对悍马车队的袭击中丧生，Henline也因此受伤。
天气异常闷热，水池被柔和的灯光照亮，Bobby仰面浮在水上。我在凉台上操作相机，他的每一个小动作似乎都引人注目。几位旅店的客人来到凉台上喝啤酒，默默地看着他。Bobby不在意这些目光。作为一名单口相声演员，他早已接受了自己身体的残疾。
服务员走过来说泳池要在9点关门。Bobby和我说，我们需要更多时间来拍出一张完美的照片，但她不愿违反规定。这时下起了小雨，于是我们收拾了一下，就出去喝啤酒。
Mosa'ab Elshamy，埃及，开罗，2013年7月27日
7月27日午夜，当我听说安全部队开始攻击驻扎在拉比亚阿达威广场两个月的穆尔西支持者之后，立即前往现场。整个晚上，我穿梭于前线、一个临时医院和停尸间之间，记录了我以前从未见过的血腥暴力和恐怖。营地中不断有救护车和摩托车到来，警报声和恐慌的叫喊声混合着枪声，空气中弥漫着催泪瓦斯和黑烟。
12个小时之后，我放下相机，拖着疲惫的身体准备回家。这时听到了一阵喧哗声，看到一大群人。两个男人抬着一个已经死亡的年轻人，他被子弹打中了头部。一个人（右）陷入恐慌和震惊，他不知道这个人已经死了，还在请求医护帮助，或者找到一辆救护车。他在乞求上帝的怜悯。我很快掏出相机，拍下了这张照片。这是我在那恐怖的一天里的最后一张照片，也是最让我难忘的一张照片。
Philippe Lopez，菲律宾，莱特岛，图卢兹，2013年11月18日
每年这个时候都是菲律宾的台风季。云层密布，遮挡了阳光，居民在路边点火焚烧台风遗留下的废墟。突然之间，荒废的景色呈现出一种奇怪的美丽。这时，一群妇女和孩子出现在道路上。我想人们被这样的景色吸引，或许不仅仅是因为它强大的视觉效果，而且因为它唤醒了人们心中的信仰。
Emin Özmen，叙利亚，肯夫汉，2013年8月31日
我拍摄这张照片的时间是在8月31日，地点是叙利亚北部邻近阿勒颇的小城镇肯夫汉。那是与基地组织有关的伊拉克和埃尔塞姆伊斯兰国家组织（ISIS）处决犯人的第四天，也是最后一天。
人们带着孩子默默地看着处决过程。一个男人，穿着从头到脚的黑色长袍，只有眼睛露出来，花很长时间宣读了他的罪行。在Ehtemlat处决之后，尸体被搬上卡车，拉到另一个村子。接下来是在A'zaz行刑，过程也是一样。尸体从一个村庄被拉到另一个村庄。A'zaz处决之后是Savran，最后是肯夫汉。
所有在现场观看处决的人似乎都松了一口气。我甚至不知道我拍摄的究竟是什么，只是努力不让相机停下来。我要用相机记录下我看到的一切，其实不管用什么方法，都要记录下来。这是一场战争，我身处难忍令人忍受的环境中。
原文：
More than ever, photography has become the predominant means for us to communicate. An absolutely astounding number of pictures are shared every single day — half a billion, and rising. And yet somehow, even amid this colossal torrent of imagery, the best pictures rise to the top.
Our top ten photographs of 2013 celebrate a variety of images from a multitude of photographers, including seasoned photojournalists Tyler Hicks (the Westgate Mall Massacre in Nairobi), Philippe Lopez, (Super Typhoon Haiyan’s destructive wrath upon the Philippines), and John Tlumacki, for his extraordinary coverage of the terror bombing at the Boston Marathon.
The news has introduced to us several emerging photographers this year, including Mosa’ab Elshamy who documented the bloody demonstrations in Cairo’s Rabaa Square, and Daniel Etter, who made an iconic photograph during the Turkish uprising. In late April, activist and photographer Taslima Akhter made the single most haunting photograph of the fire that killed more than 1000 in a Bangladeshi garment factory: a final embrace. Although she has spent months trying to learn the names of the victims shown in that unsettling, moving picture, Akhter has been unable to identify them.
In September, TIME published a set of images recording a brutal execution in Syria; at the time, we withheld the photographer’s name for security reasons. Now, he has decided to come forward for the first time. He is Emin Özmen, a Turkish photographer awarded a World Press Photo prize in 2012 for his images of torture in Aleppo. The execution pictures he made over the course of one day in the midst of the Syrian cataclysm bear witness to that war’s unspeakable, and ongoing, atrocities.
Photographer Peter van Agtmael has spent many years documenting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their aftermath. In June, he made a touching portrait of an Iraqi war veteran-turned stand-up comedian, Bobby Henline, as part of a photo essay and documentary film for TIME.
David Jenkins captures an astounding photograph of a great white shark near Seal Island, South Africa whose prey, the great fur seal, looks to have gotten away. You’ll have to read his account to find out.
Early in the year, Tim Holmes, his wife and five grandchildren took refuge in the sea bordering their property when a wild brush fire swept through their Australian coastal town. Holmes took a harrowing picture with his mobile phone to send to his daughter as proof that they were all okay. While Holmes is not a news photographer, his picture is testament to the power of the mobile phone and the fact that some of the most newsworthy and emotional pictures can be made by normal citizens in the midst of a breaking story.
We spoke to each of the 10 photographers about the image that he or she shot; their words provide the captions accompanying the photos in the gallery above.
In the next few weeks, TIME.com will roll out our year-end photo specials. For the third year in a row, we’ll present our annual “365: Year in Pictures” gallery — a comprehensive look at the strongest picture from each and every day of 2013; the Most Surprising Pictures of the Year; TIME’s best photojournalism and portraiture from 2013 and TIME’s choice for the Wire Photographer of the Year. TIME’s Senior Photo Editor, Phil Bicker, is curating many of these galleries with help from the photo team at TIME. Bicker’s discerning and nuanced eye is responsible for the curation of TIME’s Pictures of the Week — galleries that present surprising and occasionally offbeat photographs from around the globe. We hope you will enjoy the selections and keep watching for updates through the end of 2013. Think we missed something? Tell us your favorite photo of 2013 using #TIME2013.
Finally, I’m especially proud to announce that our upcoming Dec. 23rd issue of TIME will be dedicated fully to the art and power of the photograph in 2013. Stay tuned…
John Tlumacki. Boston, Mass., USA. April 15, 2013.
The first Boston Marathon bomb exploded about two hours and forty minutes after the winner of the men’s race had crossed the finish line on Boylston Street. I was standing on the finish line photographing runners; some dressed in costumes, others were holding the hands of children and family members as they shared the joy of finishing together.
The first bomb went off on the Boylston Street sidewalk less than 45 feet from me. The percussion from the blast jolted me. I saw runner Bill Iffrig from Lake Stevens, Wash., fall to the pavement. I ran forward to photograph him. Three Boston Police officers bolted towards him at the same time, one with her gun drawn, as the second bomb exploded three blocks away. I had not seen the officer's gun until I edited the photos. I didn’t understand at first what had happened, thinking maybe it was a cannon salute or a manhole explosion. But when I ran to the sidewalk area several feet away, I saw the horror of what the bomb did. I then began to comprehend what I was photographing. I tried not to take my eye off the camera. Smoke was thick. A police officer looked me in the eyes and said, “You shouldn’t be here. Another bomb could go off.” Bodies were still smoldering, legs were blown off, and massive amounts of blood covered the sidewalk.
I photographed Kevin Corcoran from Lowell using his belt to stop the flow of blood from his wife Celeste’s mangled leg. I photographed Celeste’s daughter, Sydney, lying on the ground as two men wrapped t-shirts on her legs. Nicole Gross from Charlotte, North Carolina, struggled to get up, her shirt in tatters, her leg severely injured. A pool of blood surrounded her. A police officer reached over and placed two fingers on Krystal Campbell's neck, looking for a pulse. Krystal had passed away. Celeste lost both legs. Sydney lost nearly all her blood from a cellphone-size piece of shrapnel that lodged in her thigh and severed her femoral artery. I continued taking photos for about 12 minutes. Then I got my laptop, which was still plugged in near the finish line, and walked to my car and drove to the Globe office. I took off my shoes, which were covered with blood, and began to edit my photos. On bad nights, the images still play over and over in my mind.
Taslima Akhter. Savar Dhaka, Bangladesh. April 24, 2013.
April 24, 2013, still remains fresh in my memory. At 9 AM when I got the news, I rushed to Rana Plaza. That morning I did not understand what a brutal thing had happened, but within hours I grasped the enormity and horror of it. The day passed with many people helping survivors and taking photos. At midnight there were still many people. I saw the frightened eyes of the relatives. Some were crying. Some were looking for their loved ones.
Around 2 AM among the many dead bodies inside the collapse, I found a couple at the back of the building, embracing each other in the rubble. The lower parts of their bodies were stuck under the concrete. A drop of blood from the man’s eye ran like a tear. Since then, this couple remains firmly in my heart. So many questions rose in my mind. What were they thinking at the last moment of their lives? Did they remember their family members? Did they to try to save themselves?
I keep asking myself whether the dreams of these people do not matter at all. Are they not worthy of our attention because they are the cheapest labor in the world? I have received many letters from different corners of the world, expressing solidarity with the workers. Those letters inspired me so much, while this incident raised questions about my responsibility as a photographer. My photography is my protest.
Tim Holmes. Dunalley, Australia. Jan. 4, 2013.
On the January 4, 2013, a bush fire swept through our small coastal township of Dunalley in Southern Tasmania. My wife and I and our five grandchildren took refuge in the sea bordering our property as massive columns of fire consumed everything in their path.
The grand children had lived next door to us in a beautiful, sun-filled timber farmhouse. It had a picket-fenced garden strewn with children’s toys, sandpits and colorful flowers. There was a pathway that ran through the trees to an old wooden boatshed and jetty where the children would often play.
On that day the jetty became our shelter, the water was cold and the fire was intensely hot on our faces but the biggest problem was the lack of air to breathe. We found a shallow area of breathable air between the toxic smoke and the water.
The fire burned right down to the water’s edge and the jetty itself caught on fire, but we were able to put it out. We spent two and half hours under the jetty and I took the photograph with my wife’s iPhone to send by text message to our daughter so that she could see that we were all together. Our lives were spared but houses and all possessions were lost.
Daniel Etter. Istanbul, Turkey. June 1, 2013.
The scale of the protests took me by surprise. Living near Istanbul's Taksim Square, I am used to seeing demonstrations. The Gezi Park Protest seemed nothing exceptional at first. So I left Turkey for a story in the Ukraine. But as I was traveling, the movement to save Gezi Park turned into protests against the rule of Prime Minister Erdogan. I decided to fly back.
The following night, I photographed youths clashing with police near the Prime Minister's office in Dolmabahce Palace. The protesters pushed towards his office and the police fought back with water cannons and enormous amounts of tear gas. To make it harder for the police to advance, the protesters built barracks out of everything they could find.
On one of the barricades I saw this guy waving the Turkish flag, collapsing from the tear gas and retreating when it was too much too take. Even though I wore a gas mask, I had problems breathing. He did that a few times without any protection. I followed him for a while and took this frame.
The photo went viral within minutes after I posted it on Facebook and a Turkish friend shared it. Within hours 10,000 people posted it, made it their profile picture and appropriated it. It appeared on t-shirts and posters and, oddly, was turned into a monument in Turkey's third biggest city, Izmir.
David Jenkins. Seal Island, South Africa. July 26, 2013.
I have been traveling to Seal Island off the coast of South Africa for 5 or 6 years now to photograph the interaction between the great white sharks and their prey, the cape fur seal. On the morning of July 26, 2013, I made my way out to Seal Island with a local shark tour operator. The sea was not too rough and there was some cloud cover -- good conditions to see the sharks hunting.
Usually, the most active hunting time is an hour before sunrise and an hour after. I arrived at the island at about 7:15 and immediately we could see that there had been some kills -- from the gulls in the area hovering and the slicks on the water. When the attacks happen they are at lightening speed and can be over in a second. We decided to track alongside some seals which were coming back to the island after feeding out at sea, keeping a distance so as not to interfere. I noticed a smaller seal had dropped off the back of the main group. The sharks often choose the single seals to attack as their chance of success is higher.
I tracked with the seal in my viewfinder and, without warning, a great white attacked. The shark had its mouth wide open and the seal managed to just avoid the bite. It was sent flying out of the water by the nose of the shark. As the seal was falling back towards the water it narrowly missed the mouth of the shark. For the next couple of minutes the seal stayed close to the shark's body but away from the mouth, using its agility to tire out the shark. When the shark gave up, the seal managed to make its way back to the island safely.
Tyler Hicks. Nairobi, Kenya. Sept. 21, 2013.
It was clear that something catastrophic was developing when I arrived at Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall. Gunfire had been reported, and I witnessed hundreds of victims streaming out of the building, many of them shot and bloodied. I realized this was the attack people had warned about since I moved here two years ago. Al Shabab militants were waging a violent attack on a crowded target frequented by foreigners.
After photographing the panic outside, I turned my focus to finding an approach into the mall, where I found a small number of disorganized Kenyan police and army, mixed with terrified masses trying to escape the attackers. From an upper floor I moved to the balcony of the atrium to glimpse the bloodshed below. Bodies of victims lay lifeless where they fell, and among them a terrified woman remained stranded with two children in a café. They remained there, petrified, with quiet, everyday music continuing to play over the mall’s sound system. I took some photographs and then retreated from the exposed position. The woman and children were later rescued unharmed.
Peter van Agtmael. Humble, Texas, USA. June 12, 2013.
I took this picture of Bobby Henline at a Motel 6 a few miles away from the Houston airport. Earlier that day he'd met the father of Rodney McCandless, a 19-year-old who died in the same humvee explosion in Iraq that injured him.
It was sweltering. The pool was lit by a soft glow. Bobby got in the water and floated on his back into the light. From the balcony, I hammered at the motor drive of my camera. Every little movement he made seemed significant. A few people staying in the motel drifted to the balcony to drink beer and watch silently. Bobby didn't mind the attention. By becoming a standup comedian, he's taken ownership of his injuries.
The desk clerk came out and said she had to lock the gate to the pool at 9. Bobby and I protested that we needed a bit longer to get the picture perfect, but she wasn't interested in being flexible with the rules. A soft rain started falling. We finished up and headed out for a beer.
Mosa'ab Elshamy. Cairo, Egypt. July 27, 2013.
I rushed to Rabaa Adaweya square shortly after midnight on July 27th after hearing that security forces were attacking Morsi supporters who had been camped there for two months. Throughout the night I would alternate between the front-line, the makeshift hospital and a room where dead were kept, documenting a level of brute violence and horror I hadn't witnessed until that night. There was a constant stream of ambulances and motorbikes in the camp. The sound of sirens and panicked shouts mixed with that of live ammunition, and the air was filled with tear gas and black smoke.
Twelve hours later, I put the camera away as I got exhausted and headed back home. On my way out I heard screams and noticed a large group of people. Two men carried a dead young man who had very recently been shot in the head. The man (on the right) was in a state of shock. Unaware that the man he carried was dead, he pleaded for a medic or an ambulance and screamed for God's mercy. I quickly got the camera out and took this photo. It was the last picture I took on that horrific day, but it remains the most memorable.
Philippe Lopez, Tolosa, Leyte, The Philippines. Nov. 18, 2013.
It’s very stormy at this time of year in the Philippines. Clouds gathered in front of the setting sun while along the road residents lit fires to burn the debris left by the typhoon. Momentarily, the devastated landscape took on a strange beauty, and it was just then that this group of women and children appeared on the road. I think people gravitate towards this picture not only because it is visually strong and emotional, but also because, in a way, it draws on some viewers' own faith.
Emin Özmen. Keferghan, Syria. Aug. 31, 2013.
I took this picture on August 31 in Keferghan, a town near Aleppo, in northern Syria. It was the fourth and last execution of the day committed by Al Qaeda-linked ISIS militias.
There were people of the village with their children, observing the scene in silence. A man, covered with black clothes except for his eyes, read his crimes for a long time. After the execution in Ehtemlat, the body was put on a pick-up and was taken to another village. The next was the execution in A'zaz, and the scene was repeated once again. The bodies were being taken from village to village. There was another execution right after A'zaz, and then Savran, and then Keferghan.
All the people who witnessed the executions seemed relieved. I was not even sure of what kind of a picture I was taking. I tried hard not to put my camera down. I only tried to record the events through my camera. I had to document what I saw, one way or another. This is a war, and I was in the middle of an unbearable moment.
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