Saturday,
July 26, 2008
Drowned Roma Girls: "The Picture that
Shames
The
ANNOTICO Report
The
European Newspapers in their sensationalist and anti-Italian manner have made a
small tragedy, one of Epic proportions, and portray the Italians as crass and
without care. There have been a torrent of these
denigrating stories for the last week.
The
Reports are that two Roma girls drowned in the surf, and were left to lie un cared for, while beach goers appeared indifferent.
Now,
the Photographer states that "the picture
that shames
"Several
holiday makers jumped into the water to try to save the two (Roma) girls, who
did not know how to swim", and then covered the bodies as they lay on the
beach for about an hour until coffins were brought in. Many people either lent
a hand or left the beach after the incident.
It
would have been un seemingly for people to be gathered
around the bodies like vultures, or from morbid curiosity.
Other bathers respectfully kept their distance, until ambulances
arrived to transport the girls to the morgue.
The use of a telephoto lens made the sunbathers on the
beach at Torregavata north of
Pic Reveals Half-Truth
Fri,
25 Jul 2008
A
picture of two drowned Roma girls lying amid sunbathers on an Italian beach which sparked a wave of criticism against
The
photo published in several European
newspapers showed Italians
sunbathing, talking on cellphones and apparently
ignoring the nearby corpses, which were partially covered by beach towels with
their feet poking out.
"I
took several pictures some showed
holidaymakers going about their business, on others people were visibly
concerned, or were helping to carry the coffins," Alessandro Garofalo told
AFP.
Garofalo
(30) who works for the
"But
in reality, only about half the people present acted as if nothing had
happened, but many people either lent a hand or left the beach after the
incident."
He
added that his use of a telephoto lens made the sunbathers on the beach at Torregavata north of
British
newspaper, The Independent was typical in adverse comments calling the image "the picture that
shames
But
Garofalo said "several holidaymakers jumped into the water to try to save
the two girls, who did not know how to swim", and then covered the bodies
as they lay on the beach for about an hour until coffins were brought in.
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