Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll was a journalist and a photographer who in 1990, was on of the first photographers to travel to Romania and take pictures. In Romania, Carroll took pictures and documented the life's of the children, family and orphans, who were malnourished, unclothed and dying of many illnesses like AIDS and HIV. He took heart wrenching pictures of the lonely, dead and dying orphans and quickly sought out to help the children or Romania. When he can back to the US, he published his story to the Boston Globe and New York Times and soon people around the US wanted to help they children of Romania as well. Carroll and his wife started the Romanian Children Relief (RCR) to help collect money to help the children and orphans in Romania. He took multiple trips back to Romania in efforts to bring the orphanages clothes toys, medical help, and supply's for education like books. Carroll became a freelance photographer and work for multiple clients like Disney, Compaq, Malden Mills, Beth Israel Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, American Express and General Motors Corp.Carroll helped save life's in Romain and helped change the lives of many Romanian family and children. Michal Carroll is an extraordinary photographer and an even more extraordinary person

I like these three pictures the best because during Carroll's trips to Romania, he took these pictures, showing what its like living in a country so different and strange to us. Romania was a communist county and were ruled by one leader, Nicolae Ceausescu. Ceausescu though seamed well educated and came off as a good leader did nothing for his suffering country. The first picture shows the people of Romania revolting agents the government and leaders. The boy stands in the street, holding a flag with a hole where the communist symbol would be. This picture shows the rebellion and the freedom that others want that we tend to take for granted. The second picture shows orphans who all share one pin. They are all together and their faces are the focus of the picture. Their amazement, surprise, wonder. The emotions in the picture are what bring it to life and is really beautiful in a sad way. The third picture shows the orphanage in Romania. The orphanage shows rows of metal cribs, each head to toe touching each other with very little space in between. There is only one nurse in the room and she is wearing a face mask because elf all the deceases and illnesses being spread through out the orphanage. I think the saddest part of this picture is only one baby is reaching out for her. Its as if the rest of the children are so use to being ignored that they don't even try to get attention anymore. These pictures really show you what Romania was like behind the curtain and what really effected the lives of the Romanian people and the orphans. Michael Carroll shows you the lives of the Romanian people and the struggles and sadness that many went through. Pictures like this are the best because pictures like that give you a reason to want to do more and want to be more. Thats why I think Michael Carroll is an extraordinary person and photographer.