Monday, December 9, 2013

Caption Writing: 5 Ws and H

Following a crackdown that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of student demonstrators in Beijing, a lone Chinese protester steps in front of People's Liberation Army tanks in Tiananmen Squarein 1989. At least five photographers captured the event, which became a symbol of defiance in the face of oppression. Charlie Cole, working for Newsweek, won a World Press Photo Award for his version of the image. The identity and fate of the "Tank Man" remains unclear.
Following the massacre of his 2500 fellow North Koreans, Ok Son Kwan, decided to, on his own, stop the North Koreans from invading South Korea on Sept. 22, 2017. At the North South Korean Border, Kwan stands in front of a fleet of North Korean Tanks in a defiant act of love and hatred to scream at the North Koreans to go home. Kwan was then curtly, blown off the face of the world with the tank's artillery.
Richard Drew captured this image of a man falling from the World Trade Center in New York after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. Its publication led to a public outcry from people who found the photograph insensitive. Drew sees it differently. <a href='http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/08/richard-drew-s-the-falling-man-ap-photographer-on-his-iconic-9-11-photo.html' target='_blank'>On the 10th anniversary of the attacks</a>, he said he considers the falling man an "unknown soldier" who he hopes "represents everyone who had that same fate that day." It's believed that upwards of 200 people fell or jumped to their deaths after the planes hit the towers.

President Barack Obama and members of his national security team monitor the Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011. It was a crucial moment in American history, and White House photographer Pete Souza captured the tension in the room. "It was probably one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time, I think, in the lives of the people who were assembled," counterterrorism adviser <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/03/iconic.obama.photo/index.html'>John Brennan later told reporters</a>. A classified document on the table was obscured by the White House.
The United States Government are some of the most powerful people in the world, but even they need a break once in while. Here they are seen watching the Super Bowl XLVII. The game was played on  February 3, 2013. At the White House, the members of the US government anxiously watch as the Ravens make a run towards the end zone. Upon the Ravens' victory, President Obama jumped up and down and kissed Hilary Clinton.
Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki was near the finish line when 78-year-old runner <a href='http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/15/bill-iffrig-subject-of-iconic-boston-globe-photo-the-shock-waves-hit-my-whole-body-my-legs-just-started-jittering-around-i-knew-i-was-going-down/'>Bill Iffrig was knocked down</a> by the first explosion at the Boston Marathon on April 15. The bombings left three people dead and injured more than 100. Iffrig got up and finished the race. Tlumacki's image of the fallen runner was widely published and selected for the cover of "Sports Illustrated."
Carl Nebbercracker AKA " Old Man Nebbercracker " a 79 year old illegal steroid smuggler, is caught on camera on the ground as police officials rush to arrest Nebbercracker. On Sept. 3 during the Austin 24k marathon located in downtown Austin, police received intel that the most powerful steroid drug lord in North America decided to have a go  at 24 kilometers. Nebbercracker ran exactly 23.99 kilometers before being hurriedly rushed by the Austin Police. Later on after drug testing, Nebbercracker was found to be shot up full of steroids for the run, guess who was becoming sterile?

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