Yannis Kontos' picture "Polaris", which one first place for a magazine feature picture, is one of the most powerful pictures I have ever seen. It is able to capture a single moment in the very large issue of Sierra Leone's civil war. This picture puts a human face on something that many people may only read about or hear briefly on the news, but do not feel like it really affects them.
I like this picture because it shows a very caring moment, but a moment created by a horrible act. A child is helping his father button his shirt, but only because the father’s hands have been cut off by soldiers of the RUF. The two switch roles in this picture. The son takes care of his father in this way, as the father is no longer able to take care of himself.
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