- Ken Jarecke
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name = Kenneth Jarecke
| birthname = Kenneth Jarecke
birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|2|24
birth_place =Fairfax, Missouri
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credits = Took the famous incinerated Iraqi soldier that was published in theLondon Observer , March 10, 1991.
URL = http://www.kennethjarecke.com/
agent =Ken Jarecke (born 1963) is an internationally renowned
photojournalist who made probably the most famous picture of theGulf War . Cquote2|"If I don't make pictures like this, people like my mother will think what they see in war is what they see in movies."|Kenneth Jareckecite web | year = 2007 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4528745.stm| title = Picture power: Death of an Iraqi soldier| format = HTML | publisher = BBC| accessdate = 2007-07-20 | last=Kenneth Jarecke ]Bio
Born 1963, in
Fairfax, Missouri he has been a well renownphotojournalist since his days asWhitehouse photographer in theRegan years. He as covered the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, every U.S. presidential campaign , the first Gulf War and sevenOlympics Games since 1988.Taking the picture
In the hours leading up to the
cease fire that would end the firstGulf War Jarecke was traveling along theIraqi -Kuwait highway when he came upon a lone truck destroyed by American bombardment.cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=Iraqi_Soldier| title = Famous Pictures Magazine - Iraqi Soldier| format = HTML | publisher = Famous Pictures Magazine| accessdate = 2007-07-20 | last=Lucas, Dean ] He was traveling with a military public affair officer who allowed Jarecke to make the picture.The image was removed from the AP wire effectively censoring it from the American press. Although it was published around the world, it remained unseen in the United States. Vincent J. Alabiso, former Associated Press executive photo editor regretted his actions and says that if the image was again transmitted now he wouldn't censor it, "That picture today would go out,"cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.ajr.org/article_printable.asp?id=3759 | title = Images of War| format = HTML | publisher = [http://www.ajr.org/ AJR] | accessdate = 2007-07-20 | last=Lori Robertson ]
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