Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wounded Knee aftermath

Wounded Knee aftermath

Original - Aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre with several bodies in the foreground, January 1891.

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)
• 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)

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

• 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)