James Troi's Visual Diary

Chilean firemen recover a body found in debris washed up by waves generated by a major earthquake at the epicenter in Curanipe February 28, 2010. (REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero)

The framing of this image, the legs of the fireman and the blurred foreground, encourage your eyes to focus on the stark white hand of the dead human.

I admire photo journalists and their ability to bring photos of subjects many of us in the greater world might rather not see. Situations and evidence human suffering from which we’d often remain ignorant. I’m not sure it’s a job I could do.