Reason

Aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre with several bodies in the foreground. Appearance of grain is partly due to paper texture of the albumen print. Restored version of File:Wounded Knee aftermath.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Wounded Knee Massacre

Creator

Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr.

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 02:24, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I don't see the subject well. It took me a while to distinguish the bodies, especially since it is black and white. I think I would prefer this image to be VP. Consider nominating this at Valued Pictures, which may definitly be promoted if it meets the criteria. ZooFari 02:34, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose As above, hard to distinguish the lumpy blankets as dead bodies. Sasata (talk) 03:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. A rare image and the fact that that it may take the viewer a bit of looking to distinguish the bodies in a photograph shot in such high contrast conditions so long ago is not a problem. Images don't have to to be easy to completely interpret at a glance to be powerful and evocative. Mfield (talk) 17:58, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support many people have romantic visions about cowboys and indians, kids play with their toys like I did. The cruelty of how it was is captured in material like this. This shows a reality that people rather forget. GerardM (talk) 20:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support: At last, a picture that is really worth "a thousand words." Support all the way.-- Myosotis Scorpioides 20:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Sad. Kind of reminds me of the Gaza situation. :( --Muhammad(talk) 05:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per ZooFari and Sasata. As perviously stated above, it is quite difficult to distinguish the bodies in the image and I don't think such an issue should occur in a Featured Picture. Nominating this at Valued Pictures would be the best bet, I think. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Regretful Oppose per above. Definitely a strong valued picture candidate because of the great EV, though. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:25, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Perhaps amending the caption to read something like: "...the bodies of several Lakota Sioux (covered by blankets)..." would make it more obvious what this is. Spikebrennan (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• • Okay, better I hope? Durova^Charge! 00:21, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - stark and shocking evidence of an obviously unrephotographical (?) event. :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:42, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Per the nominator. Pastor Theo (talk) 23:57, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Is that snow that is on the ground? Just curious, and should probably be mentioned in the caption if it is, as it is not in color. ZooFari 05:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, done. 07:06, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Support - also, it's clear to me that those are bodies (in reply to Oppose #1). The "subject" is scattered all over the battlefield, and I think that's obvious. Xavexgoem (talk) 09:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • That which is clear and obvious to you may not be so for others. When I look at this picture, I just see a bunch of blankets. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:40, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support A rare picture of a sad truth, there's no need of gore pictures to see that.--Jf268 (talk) 11:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Mfield (talk · contribs). —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 20:26, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Though 'twas my idea first! :) Ceran^→//forge 02:48, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wounded Knee aftermath3.jpg MER-C 07:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]