The photo I choose was the first one which is pretty powerful stuff. Its definitely not pro war none of the photos are. I don’t know if its possible to make a pro war photo. This photo is timeless in that it doesn’t distinguish itself from other wars. It is a cliché themed but in no way has it lost its meaning. It shows how the war has left this women a widow and a future child without a father. You see the women with her stomach pressed against her (most likely husband) significant others coffin. I think the soldier in the background is to emphasize that this is a soldiers death and a soldiers burial. Its subtle in that we don’t see this women trembling or in horror but at the same time she looks lifeless. The emphasis is really on her stomach. The position of stomach is showing the connection between the women and the coffin. Its as if the photo is saying this is the closest you will be to meeting your father.
You could use this photo to argue that (and all the photos) that the Iraq war is effecting the families more than the soldier. Its not a country duty issue but a family issue. They focus on the single soldier but in an argument about the effects of war on those people who have close ones serving in Iraq I would use photos of a broader scope. Like photos where someone has put a cross for every fallen soldier in Iraq in a field. I would show how large of an issue it is and then focus in on a smaller scale.
Its not really a caption but more of a title “Somebodies Darlin” its actually a t-shirt depicting a field of dead civil war soldiers. Its somebody’s family when they die it touches everyone that soldier had a relationship with. Clearly I would be supporting the argument that when soldiers they leave behind families and lives. The darlin will live on carrying a fatherless child and for what.
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