The affect of Photographs in war

Photographs can affect ones persons view of war in an immense way, but in my personal opinion it is depending on what time you view them. The particular photographs we have seen are very confronting and scary. They show the realism of war and the terrors that the men, woman and soldiers that were involved in the Vietnam War had to go through. In one picture it showed two little boys running away from what seems like a bomb that had gone off. The pain that they were showing in their face was inconsolable to view. It really did look like they were running for their lives. If someone who had no idea of the activity of wars saw this particular photo it would be extremely overwhelming. Not only too see what happened but also to see that little girls and boys had to go through everything even though they had no intentions in being involved. Personally I found that the photos devastating and frightening. The images really blow me away but nothing compared to when I was first faced with the realism of war. Photographs are an extremely affective way to view war as you can see all aspects and truths of the disaster, and these particular photos are very confronting and make me feel grief and loss.