A couple of years ago i saw the most horrifying and disturbing image I have ever seen, it shocked me to the core.
I saw a young girl with three limbs blown off and her intestines spilled out of her abdomen. I dont know which was more shocking, that she was still alive or that the medics in that rudimentary Gaza hospital were trying to save her life.
I could do nothing but cry.
That night she came to me in a dream, her body the same charred mess but her eyes looked calmly into mine and telepathically i received the message that she was ok... her soul untouched, that her suffering was a lesson for the world.
is this imaginative, or composed of images from that time? were you on a relief team in gaza? are you still shocked to the core? has the world learned any lesson? I have so many questions from your image and your narrative. Most of them would take us far away from a photography project though! A very strong and powerful image.
I see images and have no words. My girlfriend works in the media and she's confronted with images too horrific to ever be published, nearly on a daily basis. I still hope to be a good outlet for her when she comes home, even though I know I'm not... It's very hard to cope with such reality alone! Good to use 365 as an outlet.
@mastermek I think it would be worthwhile for your girlfriend to get in touch with INSI. This NGO works with the media to offer training and support before and after such traumatic situations that journos have to deal with.
A very powerful composite image. It's part nightmare, part graphic. The horrifying reality of this crazy war torn world, which is very different from the usual images of nature etc on 365. Glad, though, that you can get some sort of catharsis through the medium of your photography.
...and here I am sitting in a hotel room in the Hague watching a free nederlands dance show from my window and come across this image. Life is never what anyone expects it to be. The layers, the depth of this image expresses humanity at its extreme.
Oh my, pfff, horrible and so so utterly sad. I remember seeing the holocaust images (II WO), of mass graves, and not wanting to see it, but still looking at them. They will never leave my mind.
Amazing shot Kali, what a great way to put your thoughts and feelings in a photo... It's very sad, things like what you've described have always shocked me and messed with my mind.
