From Black and White Cat:
"This was one of a set of pictures Xinhua sent out on the wire late on Friday night. An hour and a half later, Xinhua sent it again, this time with a notice to all clients: 'This photograph has been withdrawn. Please do not use.' "
The caption:
Basketball star and flag-bearer of Chinese Delegation Yao Ming and nine-year-old Lin Hao, a pupil fron quake-hit area in southwest China's Sichuan province, parade into the National Stadium at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 8, 2008. According to media reports, when the May 12 tremor struck, Lin Hao risked his life and suffered multiple injuries for rescuing his schoolmates from the collapsed buildings. He was later awarded the title of "Teenage Hero in Earthquake Rescue and Relief." (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Can you see why the agency did not want this image used? Look closely.
Hilarious.
"This was one of a set of pictures Xinhua sent out on the wire late on Friday night. An hour and a half later, Xinhua sent it again, this time with a notice to all clients: 'This photograph has been withdrawn. Please do not use.' "
The caption:
Basketball star and flag-bearer of Chinese Delegation Yao Ming and nine-year-old Lin Hao, a pupil fron quake-hit area in southwest China's Sichuan province, parade into the National Stadium at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 8, 2008. According to media reports, when the May 12 tremor struck, Lin Hao risked his life and suffered multiple injuries for rescuing his schoolmates from the collapsed buildings. He was later awarded the title of "Teenage Hero in Earthquake Rescue and Relief." (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Can you see why the agency did not want this image used? Look closely.
Hilarious.
Stumble Upon
The kid's reversed flag?
The kids flag is upside down on the pole. It must have fallen off and he put it back on.
Also an upside down flag is the international symbol of distress or needing help :-).
I thought it was because the kid has that weird patch of hair thing going on, and god knows, the chinese wouldn't allow anything less than picture perfect perfection.
similar to that times article, where the chinese admit to voice-dubbing another girl's voice over the "cute girl", in the opening ceremony.
or the fact that the fireworks were all fake and CGI too.
i have turned them off, in disgust. i can get plenty of photoshop manipulation in my own country.
Also, that kid - a 9 year old - is not a teenager?
Or could it be the fact that Dean Martin was resurrected from the dead, and placed in line, (without a drink in his hand), and it stood out like a sore thumb to the chinese?
It's the little flag, right?
http://psc.photoshelter.com/user/photohumourist/set/A0000Z8_tZwOxPAQ/Flag+Etiquette
It IS Dean--it has to be! And look at him eyeing the lady next to him! He's gone a tad more gray than I remember, though...