You will remember the photo taken by the late Chris Hondros in Iraq in 2005. I posted a variation of it here as Today’s Photo on April 20th.
The image of Samar, then 5 years old, screaming and splattered in blood after American soldiers opened fire on her family’s car in the northern town of Tal Afar in January 2005, illuminated the horror of civilian casualties and has been one of the few images from this conflict to rise to the pantheon of classic war photography. The picture has gained renewed attention as part of a large body of work by Chris Hondros, the Getty Images photographer recently killed on the front lines in Misurata, Libya.
The girl, now 12, had never seen the photo until this past week. Interesting article.