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'TIME' Photographer Benjamin Lowy in his Own Words
Aired April 26, 2003 - 18:41 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Last two days in Iraq had produced images as vivid as any produced during the first few days of the war. Hidden treasures and religious fervor both caught on film and so much more. Here are the moments in time captured by "Time" magazine photographer, Benjamin Lowy, in his own words.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BENJAMIN LOWY, PHOTOGRAPHER: My name is Benjamin Lowy, I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) "Time" magazine.
(voice-over): There is a car filled with $350 fifty million U.S. And they parked this car before the war started in the parking lot in front of the Palestine Hotel. The bank manager had gone to Chalabi in a way to cut a deal to make sure that he play a part in the next government, and revealed the location of this money and (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Iraqi people and be part of the new government. They just transported it out if the armored vehicle into a vault, protected by soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division.
I held my college education in one hand. I went to Karbala the same day.
It (UNINTELLIGIBLE) visually taut place. You have to be careful to actually respect what they are doing. They have knives and they cut themselves. The Hussein, who is the mosque here -- Hussein his name (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- was decapitated in the final battle for this town. And part of cutting their heads, using the sword (UNINTELLIGIBLE) is kind of reminiscent of what happened to him, and also part of this celebration of morning.
They use these chained whips to hit themselves in a long procession that marched around the two central mosques. These long lines of young men hitting themselves with these chains, as a form of self-punishment.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) when they actually go pray. But everyone (UNINTELLIGIBLE) themselves. It went on for two straight days, right through the night, and this is just one image from the middle of the night, where you see this just kid, completely exhausted, sitting on a curb.
As they can go down to Karbala for the first time in 35 years and have this tremendous religious experience, that (UNINTELLIGIBLE) religion dictates that they do, I mean, that's tremendous.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COOPER: Remarkable images. The worlds of Benjamin Lowy.
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Aired April 26, 2003 - 18:41 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Last two days in Iraq had produced images as vivid as any produced during the first few days of the war. Hidden treasures and religious fervor both caught on film and so much more. Here are the moments in time captured by "Time" magazine photographer, Benjamin Lowy, in his own words.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BENJAMIN LOWY, PHOTOGRAPHER: My name is Benjamin Lowy, I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) "Time" magazine.
(voice-over): There is a car filled with $350 fifty million U.S. And they parked this car before the war started in the parking lot in front of the Palestine Hotel. The bank manager had gone to Chalabi in a way to cut a deal to make sure that he play a part in the next government, and revealed the location of this money and (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Iraqi people and be part of the new government. They just transported it out if the armored vehicle into a vault, protected by soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division.
I held my college education in one hand. I went to Karbala the same day.
It (UNINTELLIGIBLE) visually taut place. You have to be careful to actually respect what they are doing. They have knives and they cut themselves. The Hussein, who is the mosque here -- Hussein his name (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- was decapitated in the final battle for this town. And part of cutting their heads, using the sword (UNINTELLIGIBLE) is kind of reminiscent of what happened to him, and also part of this celebration of morning.
They use these chained whips to hit themselves in a long procession that marched around the two central mosques. These long lines of young men hitting themselves with these chains, as a form of self-punishment.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) when they actually go pray. But everyone (UNINTELLIGIBLE) themselves. It went on for two straight days, right through the night, and this is just one image from the middle of the night, where you see this just kid, completely exhausted, sitting on a curb.
As they can go down to Karbala for the first time in 35 years and have this tremendous religious experience, that (UNINTELLIGIBLE) religion dictates that they do, I mean, that's tremendous.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COOPER: Remarkable images. The worlds of Benjamin Lowy.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
