Assad Takes Us On An Official Your Of His Syria: Photos Of Weirdness And State Control
TO Syria, then, for a government organised tour. The Associated Press’s photographer was shown cheering crowd loyal to President Assad. The snappers were sent to the city of Hama – a centre for anti-Assad protest. It’s buildings are deserted. No-one is on the street. The government has cut off electricity and communications. A rights group said eight babies died because their incubators lost power. But we never did see the hospital. Instead we saw the bodies of soldiers in a government-run hospital in the central city of Hama.
What do the photos tell us? They tell us that what we can see is as meaningful as what we cannot…
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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - In this photo taken during a government organized tour, journalists photograph the remains of people said to be mostly members of security forces who were killed by members of armed groups, at a government-run hospital in the central city of Hama, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. More than 300 people have died in the past week, the bloodiest in the five-month uprising against authoritarian President Bashar Assad. The central city of Hama had been the focus of the crackdown for most of the week. Electricity, Internet and phone lines have been cut for seven days, and residents have reported dwindling food and medical supplies amid frequent shelling and raids. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
Posted: 10th, August 2011 | In: Photojournalism Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
