Source Note #23: Palestinian Boys in a Mirror
Two Palestinian boys are reflected in the mirror of a piece of destroyed furniture in the Gaza Strip shortly after Israel’s invasion in early 2009. (The Associated Press; January 2009)
Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to support Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Category: Journalistic: mainstream
What is it? A photograph from the Associated Press
Publication Information: Associated Press; January 2009
Author: Ben Curtis
Location: http://tinyurl.com/bf8zka
Accessed: March 11, 2009
Support:
Two Palestinian boys
Rubble
Audience and Agenda:
The Associated Press, a cooperative owned by its contributing members, has been around for over 150 years. In addition to written news stories, AP publishes radio and television broadcasts and owns a a photograph library consisting of over 10 million images. Its main website, ap.org, has an estimated 2.7 million visitors per month from the United States. Its photo library at apimages.ap.org has an estimated 4.3 thousand visitors per month.
Usefulness:
This photo depicts two young Palestinian boys reflected in the mirror of a destroyed home days after the Israeli invasion began in early 2009. The intentional framing of the boys in the mirror, which is surrounded by rubble, does seem to suggest a deeper meaning behind the photograph.
Works cited:
http://tinyurl.com/bf8zka
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The New Associated Press
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