My Favorite Photograph

Jean-Marc Bouju took this photo between March and May on 2003 in Iraq. He was embedded with the US Army's 101st Airborne Division, third brigade. In this moment the Brigade had received approximately 30 war prisoners for interrogate them. Among them was a child. The child was a son of a war prisoner, his father refused to leave him alone in the wilderness when he was captured The prisoners were locked in cages surrounded by barbed wire.

The child would not stop mourn for the living situation, therefore, a soldier decided to cut the prisoner's handcuffs so he could embrace and calm his son.  In conclusion, the photo shows to a father and his son that are afraid in wartime while they are war prisoners.

I know that this kind of photos are awful, but i like it because shows realities than sometimes we don’t know that happens. This photo is one of them, I like it because shows two opposite things: the human cruelty and unconditional love.