A picture can say more than a thousand words...

[kristianjohnsen]

Both for good and bad.

I came across this randomly.

Many great photos, some with captions, some without any back story. A lot of them truly touching.

The 60 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken That Perfectly Capture The Human Experience

 

[john lutz]

Re: A picture can say more than a thousand words...

Powerful....
does make me wonder if humans can ever, ever stop f-ing each other over.

 

[Riley Casey]

Re: A picture can say more than a thousand words...

Not as long as the capacity for imposing one's will on another is so widely accepted as the right to do so.

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: A picture can say more than a thousand words...

I was looking for the one of the woman refugee from Afghanistan (?) from maybe 20 years ago, incredible eyes. One of the most powerful images I've seen.

 

[Jack Arnott]

Re: A picture can say more than a thousand words...

Have you seen the follow up shot to that? It is great also. Not as powerful by itself as the original, but great in context.

I was looking for the one of the woman refugee from Afghanistan (?) from maybe 20 years ago, incredible eyes. One of the most powerful images I've seen.

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Re: A picture can say more than a thousand words...

Have you seen the follow up shot to that? It is great also. Not as powerful by itself as the original, but great in context.

Yep, cool that they followed up, but nothing like the original.

Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text