Triptych for Children in War Zones

[Rob MacKillop]

Gianluca just ‘liked’ this triptych of mine from many years ago on this forum, but the posting is so old all the text and comments have not survived. So, if you don’t mind, here’s a little of what I can remember.

I was setting up some flowers to photograph, when news came on of the bombing of a children’s playground in I think Gaza or the West Bank, possibly somewhere else it was so long ago.

I was furious at this slaughter of the innocents, and as violence begets violence I destroyed the flowers in a senseless act of violence, and took the pictures you see here. It is a protest against the unbelievable deliberate targeting of children in war zones. I must have altered the images in a digital editor, but can’t recall which.

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[Gary R. Smith]

the bombing of a children’s playground in I think Gaza or the West Bank, possibly somewhere else it was so long ago.

Sad that your image from so long ago was triggered by what appears to be a never ending war.

 

[Brian Moore]

Sadly beautiful and evocative. These images conjure the drawings of traumatized children.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Both above comments begin with ‘sad’, and it is. Tragically so. ‘What a piece of work man is’!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Yes, yesterday I went through the photos in the "Media" section https://realphotographersforum.com/media/ and discovered a lot of excellent things.
@Rob MacKillop your triptych really impressed me even though I didn't know the underlying story. Now that I know it I am even more touched.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, my triptych didn’t stop the slaughter by both sides, so it achieved nothing but a few comments. I am pleased, though, that you brought it to my attention again, Gianluca, but saddened that nothing has changed.