From the Los Angeles Times a gruesome, but well-told historical photo essay on the use of combat casualty photos.
From the article, Unseen Pictures, Untold Stories, which assesses the relative lack of casualty photographs from Iraq.
“Writing in a headline that 1,500 Americans have died doesn’t give you nearly the impact of showing one serviceman who is dead,” Van Hemmen said. “It’s the power of visuals.”