To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
~ E.E. Cummings
Scared children running during Vietnam War 35 years ago:
Crying Paris Hilton getting taken back into jail:
Question:What do the two pictures have in common?
Answer: The same photographer.
Truth. The guy who took that photo above 35 years ago also took that one of Paris Hilton. He won a pulitzer for that photo, and now..
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ut
Our priorities sure have gone down in the past 35 years. :/
Don't you just love how the context of an "important historical picture" has changed so much?
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2 comments:
i guess we all just gotta do what we can to get by.
I suppose he was paid tons. That picture has been circulated the world over!
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