Comments on: Thursday’s Picture of the Week: Los Angeles Riots http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/ My Twenty Years with an International Photojournalist...Then and Now Tue, 22 May 2018 13:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2478 Melissa Tue, 01 May 2012 03:00:06 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2478 "Jeffrey’s intention is to examine the social, cultural, and economic reasons contributing to this explosive situation." -- and this is why photographers are so important. It's not just about what you happen to be near when you happen to have a camera with you, as so many people interpret amazing photos of poignant moments in time. But rather, it is the photographer's intention that truly draws the picture. “Jeffrey’s intention is to examine the social, cultural, and economic reasons contributing to this explosive situation.” — and this is why photographers are so important. It’s not just about what you happen to be near when you happen to have a camera with you, as so many people interpret amazing photos of poignant moments in time. But rather, it is the photographer’s intention that truly draws the picture.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2474 Becky Green Aaronson Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:26:02 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2474 You are a spring chicken, my friend! Yes, it was a volatile and sad time in American history. I don't think Jeffrey felt brave photographing the riots; he just felt like he needed to be there to document what was going on in his own country. You are a spring chicken, my friend! Yes, it was a volatile and sad time in American history. I don’t think Jeffrey felt brave photographing the riots; he just felt like he needed to be there to document what was going on in his own country.

]]> By: Arindam http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2455 Arindam Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:30:17 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2455 I was a six years old kid that time; so I hardly remember anything about this page of history Becky. It was so scary. Jeffrey is really a brave person to cover such a story. I was a six years old kid that time; so I hardly remember anything about this page of history Becky. It was so scary. Jeffrey is really a brave person to cover such a story.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2449 Becky Green Aaronson Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:25:31 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2449 I think much of the power in this photograph is the color and composition, and the fact that in many ways it does not look like our country. You picked up on that as well. It was a horrifying time as it opened up deep wounds and revealed layers of scars created by racial and cultural divisions. I think much of the power in this photograph is the color and composition, and the fact that in many ways it does not look like our country. You picked up on that as well. It was a horrifying time as it opened up deep wounds and revealed layers of scars created by racial and cultural divisions.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2448 Becky Green Aaronson Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:20:31 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2448 Yes, Rodney King's famous words rang to true then, and still do today. I will never understand why we all can't just get along. It seems so simple. Alas. Yes, Rodney King’s famous words rang to true then, and still do today. I will never understand why we all can’t just get along. It seems so simple. Alas.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2447 Becky Green Aaronson Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:14:50 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2447 It was nearly impossible to believe that things had gone so terribly wrong, but there it was unfolding in front of all of us on TV. I think it only felt REALLY "real" (am I <em>really</em> a writer??) when Jeffrey got on a plane heading to LA. What a sad and tumultuous time in our country. It was nearly impossible to believe that things had gone so terribly wrong, but there it was unfolding in front of all of us on TV. I think it only felt REALLY “real” (am I really a writer??) when Jeffrey got on a plane heading to LA. What a sad and tumultuous time in our country.

]]> By: Deborah Batterman http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2445 Deborah Batterman Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:13:12 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2445 It's so interesting . . . .there's something about the color of the wall that I find arresting, maybe in the way it suggests images of uprisings in tropical climes. But it's the U.S. of A., as you so pointedly remind us. I well remember the riots . . .and what a distressing statement they were about the divided culture we live in. It’s so interesting . . . .there’s something about the color of the wall that I find arresting, maybe in the way it suggests images of uprisings in tropical climes. But it’s the U.S. of A., as you so pointedly remind us. I well remember the riots . . .and what a distressing statement they were about the divided culture we live in.

]]> By: Cindy Brown http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2443 Cindy Brown Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:33:24 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2443 I remember that's where the famous saying, "Can't we all just get along?" came from and that I have used that and thought that countless times over the years. I don't understand such hatred. I was shocked at the events unfolding, but it was across the country, so it didn't hit home like it would have if I had lived near there. I felt sorrow for the city and the people being damaged by looting, racism, hatred, and fear. I remember feeling that it fortified an underlying thought that I had that black people have every right to hate white people because of things like that. Sad! I remember that’s where the famous saying, “Can’t we all just get along?” came from and that I have used that and thought that countless times over the years. I don’t understand such hatred. I was shocked at the events unfolding, but it was across the country, so it didn’t hit home like it would have if I had lived near there. I felt sorrow for the city and the people being damaged by looting, racism, hatred, and fear. I remember feeling that it fortified an underlying thought that I had that black people have every right to hate white people because of things like that. Sad!

]]> By: monicastangledweb http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2442 monicastangledweb Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:26:17 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2442 I had just moved to San Diego and was watching on TV, mesmerized, wondering, how could this gotten so out of control? I had just moved to San Diego and was watching on TV, mesmerized, wondering, how could this gotten so out of control?

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/04/26/thursdays-picture-of-the-week-los-angeles-riots/#comment-2438 Becky Green Aaronson Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:22:11 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5267#comment-2438 I think we were all glued to our TVs. It was so hard to believe it was happening. And WOW, thank you for nominating me for the Sunshine Award! That makes me feel all warm and sunny! I think we were all glued to our TVs. It was so hard to believe it was happening.

And WOW, thank you for nominating me for the Sunshine Award! That makes me feel all warm and sunny!

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