"Documentary photographer Marcus Halevi is famous for devoting his time and attention to victims of war and injustice around the world. He's dedicated his life to focusing on the tragedy of others and has benefited from someone else's misfortune.
One year, he was sent out to cover a storm and he caught a picture of a woman having a smoke and drinking a beer by the shore. A split-second after the picture was snapped, a wave caused the ground beneath her to give way and she was drug out into the flood plane.
He continued to photograph the situation because a man and a lifeguard were about 100 feet away from her and coming to help. The man got there first, he stepped into the water and reached for her hand, but stopped. A massive wave suddenly came in and consumed the woman, drowning her.
This sequence of pictures stirred up controversy from readers of the newspaper in which they were published from concerned citizens. They objected to Marcus photographing this woman drowning and not dropping everything to save her life.
But, in the course of his work, he's had to endure a host of horrible things which he needed to both feel and block out at the same time. In all of the other international situations, he feels helpless to do anything but record what was happening.
But, in this case, he had a chance to do something and didn't take it."
One year, he was sent out to cover a storm and he caught a picture of a woman having a smoke and drinking a beer by the shore. A split-second after the picture was snapped, a wave caused the ground beneath her to give way and she was drug out into the flood plane.
He continued to photograph the situation because a man and a lifeguard were about 100 feet away from her and coming to help. The man got there first, he stepped into the water and reached for her hand, but stopped. A massive wave suddenly came in and consumed the woman, drowning her.
This sequence of pictures stirred up controversy from readers of the newspaper in which they were published from concerned citizens. They objected to Marcus photographing this woman drowning and not dropping everything to save her life.
But, in the course of his work, he's had to endure a host of horrible things which he needed to both feel and block out at the same time. In all of the other international situations, he feels helpless to do anything but record what was happening.
But, in this case, he had a chance to do something and didn't take it."
