Digital Cameras Change War Photo-Journalism

prakslash writes "Back in 1945, it took three days between the time U.S. Marines raised the flag on Iwo Jima and the famous picture of the historic moment was published in all the newspapers. In 2004, it took barely an hour before the explosive photos from an Iraqi prison were seen all over the world. This drives home a defining fact of 21st century - the pervasiveness of digital photography and the speed of the Internet are making it easier to see into dark corners previously out of reach of the mass media. As reported in recent news, some of the most shocking Iraqi photos were not taken by photo-journalists but by soldiers and government contractors who used a digital camera, a CD burner and an internet connection to zip the photos around the world with an ease that has never existed before."

Comments

PKZIP

[Wingie]

No, you idiot! You use PKzip to zip images, not the Internet!

Re: Real Pictures?

[Cpt_Kirks]

Why does "The Running Man" come to mind?

Where *DID* you hide that disk?

Re:Real Pictures?

[pantycrickets]

IIRC, the bunch who took the pictures were reservists from West Virginia (I may be wrong). Reservists are not as well trained as regular Army troops.

And people from West Virginia are not as well trained as regular humans. :)

Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

it's evidence of digital computers.

Re:Real Pictures?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Who taught Lynndie and her boyfriend and the other American sadists of Abu Ghraib prison to do this?"

Madonna?

Or maybe it's just their culture. You can't criticize their culture, just because it is different!