Category Archives: Purposeful Summary

Purposeful summary—Who’sOnFirst?

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Who'sOnFirst?

It seems counterintuitive that a media debate should seem more important than saving lives. In January, 2010, Fabienne Cherisma, a 15 year old survivor of the Port-au-Prince earthquake in Haiti, was killed by a stray bullet. Media flocked to the … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summary—lil.sapph

Posted on September 24, 2024 by lil.sapph

It seems counterintuitive that photographers on assignment in Haiti, put their focus on capturing Fabienne’s innocent lifeless body as the “face” of the earthquake’s aftermath rather than displaying the actual destruction caused by it.  Fabienne Cherisma’s death was not directly caused by … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summary – unicorn45678

Posted on September 24, 2024 by unicorn45678

It seems counterintuitive that when this earthquake occurred in January of 2010, over 230,000 Haitians had died from this tragic event. The aftermath of this incidence involved lawless looters to kill one another. As they stated in the summary that … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summaries-phoenixxxx23

Posted on September 24, 2024 by phoenixxxx23

It seems counterintuitive that humanity has decided that it is capable of taking lives indiscriminately, like an earthquake, with a shot from a piece of iron. While most of the people died from the nature disaster, a fifteen year old … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summary – pineapple488

Posted on September 24, 2024 by pineapple488

It seems counterintuitive that an image taken in an effort to bring attention to the injustice of a tragic death instead brought attention to the injustice of the photographers themselves. Fabienne Cherisma, an innocent fifteen year old girl, was tragically … Continue reading →

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Summaries – MAD ClTY

Posted on September 24, 2024 by MAD ClTY

On January 19 2010, an earthquake tumbled Haiti as media flocked toward the country as it was bleeding. Blood was split 15 year old Fabienne Cheris was shot dead by police on a rooftop. As photographers came to take pictures … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summary – Softball1321

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Softball1321

It is counterintuitive that photojournalists had been sent to Haiti to document the lifeless body of Fabienne Cherisma that was caused from human actions, not the aftermath of the earthquake. As shown in the abominable picture, teenager Fabienne Cherisma is … Continue reading →

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Summaries-Taco491

Posted on September 24, 2024 by taco491

It seems counterintuitive for photographers to capture images of a lifeless body in order to gain more popularity. After a devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 19th, 2010, countless lives were lost, leaving many survivors to be homeless and in … Continue reading →

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Summaries-Student1512

Posted on September 24, 2024 by student1512

It seems counterintuitive that the photographers sent to Haiti are being demonized for their photographic evidence of the disaster.  Following the aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti, other instances of violence occurred, particularly the shooting of fifteen year old Fabienne … Continue reading →

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Purposeful Summary—KFury

Posted on September 24, 2024 by KFury205

It is Counterintuitive to say that death is meant to be splattered on the walls of a journalist’s room. To have it be so crudely waved around like a moment to be captured as if it were a moment not … Continue reading →

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