The controversial AFP image of a pair of light-skinned people in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, with the caption:
Quoting AFP:
Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and water from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)
It was originally posted at Yahoo News, but was subsequently pulled by AFP, with Yahoo linking to their statement on the matter.
The photographer, who himself has suffered losses in New Orleans, wrote about his reasons for using that caption on the Sports Shooter message board:
Quoting Chris Graythen:
I wrote the caption about the two people who 'found' the items. I believed in my opinion, that they did simply find them, and not 'looted' them in the definition of the word. The people were swimming in chest deep water, and there were other people in the water, both white and black. I looked for the best picture. there were a million items floating in the water — we were right near a grocery store that had 5+ feet of water in it. it had no doors. the water was moving, and the stuff was floating away. These people were not ducking into a store and busting down windows to get electronics. They picked up bread and cokes that were floating in the water. They would have floated away anyhow.
