Ken Jarecke
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| Kenneth Jarecke | ||
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| Birth name | Kenneth Jarecke | |
| Born | February 24, 1963 | |
| Birth place | Fairfax, Missouri | |
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| Notable credit(s) | Took the famous incinerated Iraqi soldier that was published in the London Observer, March 10, 1991. | |
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Ken Jarecke (born 1963) is an internationally renowned photojournalist who made probably the most famous picture of the Gulf War.
| “ | "If I don't make pictures like this, people like my mother will think what they see in war is what they see in movies." | ” |
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— Kenneth Jarecke [1]
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[edit] Bio
Born 1963, in Fairfax, Missouri he has been a well renown photojournalist since his days as Whitehouse photographer in the Regan years. He as covered the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, every U.S. presidential campaign , the first Gulf War and seven Olympics Games since 1988.
[edit] Taking the picture
In the hours leading up to the cease fire that would end the first Gulf War Jarecke was traveling along the Iraqi - Kuwait highway when he came upon a lone truck destroyed by American bombardment.[2] He was traveling with a military public affair officer who allowed Jarecke to make the picture.
The image was removed from the AP wire effectively censoring it from the American press. Although it was published around the world, it remained unseen in the United States. Vincent J. Alabiso, former Associated Press executive photo editor regretted his actions and says that if the image was again transmitted now he wouldn't censor it, "That picture today would go out,"[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Kenneth Jarecke (2007). Picture power: Death of an Iraqi soldier (HTML). BBC. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
- ^ Lucas, Dean (2007). Famous Pictures Magazine - Iraqi Soldier (HTML). Famous Pictures Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
- ^ Lori Robertson (2007). Images of War (HTML). AJR. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
