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A Photographers FocusOn March 20, 1972 at 1145 a.m. an anonymous phone call was made to police home base in Belfast, Northern Ireland warning of a bomb in move Church thoroughfare (Fisk 2). At 1152 a.m. a gage emergency call reached police headquarters confirming the threat of a bomb (Fisk 2). The police made efforts to evacuate the avenue as pronto as possible. Then, at 1155 a.m. headquarters received a third emergency call warning of a bomb, but this meter the caller gave the location of the bomb to be in the adjoining Donegall Street (Fisk 2). Three proceedings later a 100-pound gelignite bomb blow up in Donegall Street killing six people and wounding 147 others (Fisk 1). The barrage fire was a terrorist act by the Irish Republi go off multitude (IRA), whose deputation is to drive the British out of Northern Ireland.It was in the ensuing minutes of the explosion that Derek Brind of the Press Association probably arrived at the gruesome setting nearly a hundred young gi rls lay on the street or in the shattered doorways screaming with pain and shock (Fisk 1). As he approached the site, he spotted a British para property a young Irish girl in his arms to quilt her (Dewar 62) and snapped this photoWhat makes this, or any photograph, so unique is that the viewer actually sees what the photographer saw when he or she took the picture we too, see the paratrooper clutching the wounded girl in his arms. What we dont see, however, is what takes place roughly the picture. The photographer chooses where we look and in doing so, decides what deserves attention and what can be left over(p) out. This selection process is entirely subjective, and as such, it is a reflection of the photographers postnot just literally, but figurat... ... we too, begin to become aware of the fierce nature of mankind. This is what Derek Brind saw in the violence in Northern Ireland and this is what he tried to convey done this image. Hence, what may appear to be a photo ab out how loving and caring fellow man can be, is really a criticism of the inhumanity of man. This is the photographers message as reflected through his choice of focus in the image.Works CitedBerger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books,1972. 7-33.Dewar, Michael, Colonel. The British Army in Northern Ireland. London Arms and Armour Press, 1996. 57-79.Fisk, Robert. Six killed, 147 wound by bomb after misleading calls. The LondonTimes. March 21, 1972 A1-A2.Pratt, bloody shame Louise. Arts of the Contact Zone. Ways of Reading. Ed. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. 5th ed. Boston St. Martins, 1999. 582-596.