The Grief Inspired by the Falling Man Photo The Falling Man photograph was in a series of photos taken by photographer Richard Drew, which depicts a man falling in a seemingly peaceful position, vertical to the buildings behind him. This particular photo drew attention because of the position the man took, as opposed to other photos of people falling in panic. The attention gave rise to questions of the identities of these people and why did they jump? This photograph in particular elicits different responses from the people who see it for different reasons. The responses to the photograph were mainly those of horror and disgust.
Seeing this photograph and knowing the cause of this man’s death causes more grief than relief. The author of …show more content…
The author of the article says, “Papers all over the country, from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to the Memphis Commercial Appeal to The Denver Post, were forced to defend themselves against charges that they exploited a man’s death, stripped him of his dignity, invaded his privacy, turned tragedy into leering pornagraphy” (Junod 6). This quote shows one reason as to why this photograph simulated horror among people was because it was intruding upon the man’s privacy because people wanted to know who he was. This reflects different people’s coping mechanisms through their grief by trying to show respect for those deceased and fighting to keep people from exploiting the deaths of others and intruding upon the privacy of the man and his family. A quote from the article that demonstrates another reason that reflects different people’s coping mechanisms through grief is “What Cheney remembers her saying, in her anger, in her offended grief: ‘That piece of shit is not my father’” (Junod 7). Jacqueline’s reason(s) for her response to the idea that the man in the Falling Man picture was her dad shows how the way she coped with her father’s death was that he didn’t jump because he had a family to live for. Their family knew that Norberto wouldn’t have jumped because he had a family to go back to, which shows that their coping mechanism through grief
Seeing this photograph and knowing the cause of this man’s death causes more grief than relief. The author of …show more content…
The author of the article says, “Papers all over the country, from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to the Memphis Commercial Appeal to The Denver Post, were forced to defend themselves against charges that they exploited a man’s death, stripped him of his dignity, invaded his privacy, turned tragedy into leering pornagraphy” (Junod 6). This quote shows one reason as to why this photograph simulated horror among people was because it was intruding upon the man’s privacy because people wanted to know who he was. This reflects different people’s coping mechanisms through their grief by trying to show respect for those deceased and fighting to keep people from exploiting the deaths of others and intruding upon the privacy of the man and his family. A quote from the article that demonstrates another reason that reflects different people’s coping mechanisms through grief is “What Cheney remembers her saying, in her anger, in her offended grief: ‘That piece of shit is not my father’” (Junod 7). Jacqueline’s reason(s) for her response to the idea that the man in the Falling Man picture was her dad shows how the way she coped with her father’s death was that he didn’t jump because he had a family to live for. Their family knew that Norberto wouldn’t have jumped because he had a family to go back to, which shows that their coping mechanism through grief