{"id":94441,"date":"2016-12-20T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=94441"},"modified":"2016-12-20T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:36:44","slug":"photographer-describes-capturing-assassination-russias-ambassador-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/photographer-describes-capturing-assassination-russias-ambassador-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer describes capturing the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"
Burhan Ozbilici, an Associated Press photographer, captured on Monday the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, at an art exhibition in Ankara. The highly graphic images are shocking, and they’re also part of a long tradition of photography that brings the horror of violence and terrorism to those of us far from the lines of battle.<\/p>\n
But just because Ozbilici’s photos of the attack are powerful doesn’t mean that we’ll be able to protect their impact. Photos like this one sometimes have their greatest effect years after they are taken, clarifying our historical memory of important events rather than leading us toward a future course of action.<\/p>\n
Ozbilici’s pictures, jarring and upsetting though they are, come at a moment when the perpetrators of even more grotesque violence are broadcasting their acts online. You don’t have to look very far to find deaths by burning and beheading that are available online, not because intrepid journalists captured outrageous acts, but because the perpetrators felt pride in those deeds and wanted the world to see them. In this environment, an image like the ones Ozbilici took, doesn’t stun us because it shows us something new; instead, it’s unnerving because of the emotion it captures, the arrogance and rage of the gunman.<\/p>\n
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