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pictures as it is for the subject . I know this is true for everyone on the photo staff here at the Observer-Dispatch . Each photographer on our staff can remember crying at one time or another after being overcome with emotion while on assignment . I cried back in the photo lab the night 1 took the photo of Eddie House . 8 So why do we take these kinds of photographs , and what purpose do they serve ? As journalists , it is our job to go out and experience things for those who are not present , and sometimes capture the story in just a single photo . We let them know if it was happy , sad , hot , cold , surprising or boring . We have to sum up a situation and decide what photo would tell this story best . It is not always going to be happy . But even the most graphic photographs can serve some purpose . These types of photographs remind us to buckle up , not drink and drive , check our smoke alarms and even to appreciate our local volunteer firefi ghters , like Eddie House . 10 After talking to House for a while , he acknowledged some of the good that came out of the photo . 11 "A lot of people were sympathetic with me be- cause they saw my pain , " House said . "In fact , I got a lot of calls from people from other ( fire ) companies who I haven ' t heard from in a long time who called to give me support . " 12 I had asked House if he thought people could feel as much with just words and no photo . "It shows more feelings when you see it , " he said . "It showed what dedicated professionals they are . " 13 I'm glad House now knows that my intentions were not to hurt him . We want all of the subjects of our photographs to know that we were grieving with them and that we want our readers to feel what they were feeling , too . As House found out , it can bring a community closer together . What good things do you think resulted from this photograph ? "Aching Heart "
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