Use a picture.

It’s worth 1000 words.Part 9: “Use a picture. It’s worth 1000 words.” 10 photographs.

1911Arthur Brisbane, a newspaper man

is credited with saying:“Use a picture. It is worth a thousand words.”

1927“A picture is worth a thousand words.”

appeared in an advertisement developed by:Fred R. Barnard

for Royal Baking Soda.

Note:Chinese Proverb:

“One picture is worth ten thousand words”attributed to: Confucius

It’s worth something alright!

1949 vs 2009Father and Son

October 22nd, 1967: “Flower Power”Pulitzer Prize Nominated Photograph: Bernie Boston

April, 1980: Karamoja District, UgandaWorld Press Photo of the Year – Mike Wells UK

1994: Chechnya, Russiaa Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano

2008: Old Tank Monumentthe Russian Veteran found the Tank that he spent the entire war in

and humbles beside it

May, 2008: Yangon (Rangoon), MyanmarCyclone Nargis claims 100,000 lives

Hhaing The Yu, 29 distraught at the devastation

2009: Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australiaa firefighter gives water to a koala

2011: Cairo, Egypt: UprisingsChristians protect Muslims during prayer

March 13th, 2011: Natori, Northern Japanwreckage by massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami

March 14th, 2011: Nihonmatsu, Northern Japanevacuation of nuclear plants; mother tries to talk to isolated daughter

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Assembled: A. Ballas