The+Sorrow+of+War+-+Background

=Points of view : Good guys, bad guys?=

Consider this (extremely famous) image, taken by Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist Eddie Adams. What's going on? WIth whom does the viewer sympathise? Is there a narrative here? Why? In Proppsian terms, is there a 'hero' and a 'villain'?



Is there a backstory to this image? Can you find out the story behind the image?



This image of a little girl (called Kim Phuc) by a photographer called Nick Ut (also a Pulitzer Prize winner) might actually be the most famous photograph ever. Again, what is the narrative? Who are the good guys, the bad guys and so on?

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