Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Close Read Essay: War Photography

Below are the photos you may choose from for next week's in-class close read essay. You will be responsible for just one photo. The photos represent international conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Mali, and Mexico. Choose whichever photo you like.

Section 1: Syria
A.
A man is treated for wounds after a Syrian government forces jet attacked the Karm al-Aser neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, on October 31, 2012. (Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images in The Atlantic)

B.
Syrian residents walk on a street among the debris of buildings damaged by heavy shelling in the southeast of Aleppo City, on October 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras in The Atlantic)


Section 2: Afghanistan
C.
Children crowd around a coalition force member maintaining security in Farah province, on January 24, 2013. (USMC/Sgt. Pete Thibodeau in The Atlantic)


D.
A victim at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, on January 16, 2013. Six militantsone driving a car packed with explosivesattacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence service in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that could be heard throughout downtown and which sent a plume of dark smoke rising into the sky. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid in The Atlantic)
Section 3: Mali
E.
A woman who fled northern Mali at a camp for internally displaced persons in Sevare on Jan. 23, 2013. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images in Time)

F.
A soldier of the French foreign legion wearing a skeleton mask stands next to an armored vehicle in a street in Niono, on Jan. 20, 2013. (Ssouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images in Time)

Section 3: Mexico
G.
Relatives and friends light candles in August 2012 to mark the anniversary of the deaths of 54 people killed by criminals. They died in Monterrey when gunmen of the Zetas drug cartel attacked the Casino Royale. (Reuters in The Guardian)

 F.
Chalk circles marked the locations of bullet casings at a murder scene in Tijuana. (Erod Hoagland in The New York Times)

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