Ken Jarecke is a photographer who captured a lot of the disturbing truth about war, however he was often censored or his work wasn't even shown in public. This piece above is called "The Death of an Iraqi Soldier" and was not received well by all. This wasn't published in the US due to its graphic nature, however it was published in the UK by the London Observe, but this did still cause quite a lot of fuss. The nature of this photograph is clearly very graphic and disturbing, however it is a good example of the kind of censoring that goes on today. It is also a reminder that an awful information is hidden from us today, and that the impression that we get on TV about war is not realistic.
This is something which can be applied to animation, because sometimes, people make the mistake of thinking that animation is al about pretty cartoons and that there isn't much point to it, when in fact animation can be used to convey some very sensitive and in some cases risky information. It is also a reminder of the fact that, censorship is something that is used very often, and can easily warp people's perception of reality without them even knowing it.
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