After covering the relentless bloodshed in Iraq since Saddam Hussein
was toppled in 2003, I had photographed so many victims of bombings,
sectarian beheadings and shootings that I thought I had grown numb to
violence. But nothing prepared me for the scene unfolding on the
wide, two-laned road in Baghdad's northern Qahira district, a mixed
Sunni and Shi'ite area of the capital. (...)
I had always arrived at the scene after the bombings or shootings. This was the first time I was actually there at the moment of attack.
I had always arrived at the scene after the bombings or shootings. This was the first time I was actually there at the moment of attack.
Read the complete story of the photographer who took a messy image of suicide bomber. The photo can be seen here, by clicking on the week of June 8 to 15. It's picture number 11. Be advise that the image is very graphic.
And if you have the time, read the long but terrific story of The Baghdad Press Club: The horror, claustrophobia, and everyday heroism of reporting on the Iraq war