Ill and orphaned children in Romania [1990]


Picture of an infant in the AIDS ward of Victor Babes Hospital shot in Bucharest 1990, after the fall of Ceausescu. Press said then that 25% of all orphan kids from Romania’s orphanages were HIV positive. Truth is there were a lot of infected kids but no way a quarter of them.

Anyway, for his photographs of ill and orphaned children living in subhuman conditions in Romania William Snyder received a Pulitzer in 1991.

Ill and orphaned children in Romania [1990]

Photographer: William Snyder (The Dallas Morning News)
Source: nppa.org

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7 Responses
Pedro says:

Una foto que captura en un instante todo el drama humano, una excepcional muestra de sensibilidad.

Cuídense!

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 at 4:46 pm"  
n says:

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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 am"  
Dan says:

How terribly sad. So young and left to die alone.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 8:16 am"  
siobhan says:

this happends way to often

Friday, September 7th, 2007 at 5:49 am"  
kappi says:

so sad i pray god, this wil never happen to anyone in the world……………

Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 5:25 pm"  
Kapahola says:

this is something that needs to be shown to the world. something this terrible needs to scare people enough to want to help.

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 4:32 pm"  
Gabe says:

Sad thing is that Romania joined EU and the conditions in orphanages and hospitals are the same as in 1989 or worse !

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am"  

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