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Jim Foley

A Tale of Two Photos

By Colum McCann
IA Newsletter, March 2, 2024

February 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment

Journalist James Foley in a bunker in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Photo: Bill Wilder

On August 9, 2014, one of the most chillingly iconic photographs of the 21st century was published online. The memory of it still sends a pour of cold along my spine. The orange jumpsuit. The black balaclava. The line between desert and sky. The knife was held casually by the executioner’s thigh. The portent. And then – in later images taken from a video still – the eerie, … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Photos

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