Bitter Fruit

From the SF Chronicle 9/17/08:
"When photographer Paul Fusco found out that the Bush administration had banned any photography of returning caskets of America's dead soldiers in Iraq, he set out for two years to photograph the funerals. The main thing you see is the solider handing over the flag to the wido and she's not sad. She's angry. It's palpable in this photgraph. In one picture you have a complete tableau of a girl crying, of a soldier doing his duty and saluting, of a widow who's angry to the pont of being shocked."

I did some research and found the entire photo essay. You can see the page for yourself at: http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/bitterfruit

However, I was able to imbed it into my webpage right here:

“A war without casualties? A war where only the evil get hurt? As much as we would like to believe this, such an idea does not exist.

War produces casualties and destroys lives. Since the beginning of the Iraqi war the government has consistently tried to divert media attention, an obvious example of that effort being the closing of Dover Air Force Base to the press so the rows of flag-draped coffins ready to be shipped to grieving families could not be seen by the public”
– Paul Fusco