Photographer behind one of history’s most tragic images explains why he was helpless to save her |
Frank Fournier’s photograph of Omayra Sánchez Garzón/ Wikipedia The image of 13-year-old Omayra Sánchez Garzón, her face emerging from volcanic mud, dark bloodshot eyes fixed on the camera, has become one of the most recognisable photographs of the 20th century. Taken in the aftermath of Colombia’s deadliest natural disaster, the picture raised a question that…
