This story is a powerful and moving reminder of the human toll of natural disasters like earthquakes. The photo taken by Mr. Adam Altan captures the raw emotion and heartbreak of a father losing his daughter, and it serves as a testament to the pain and suffering that so many families experience in the aftermath of these kinds of events. The fact that the photo has touched so many people around the world is a testament to the power of photography to tell a story and to evoke empathy and compassion in those who view it. It's important to remember that behind every news story and every photo, there are real people with real emotions, and that it's our responsibility as a society to do what we can to help those in need in the wake of disasters like earthquakes.
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In recent days, one of the photos of the earthquake in Turkey, in which a man is holding the hand of his dead daughter, has been widely reflected in the media and social networks.
The photographer of this photo, Adam Altan, is a veteran photographer with 40 years of photography experience who has been photographing for the AFP for the past fifteen years.
On Tuesday, one day after the earthquake, Mr. Altan was photographing a man sitting next to the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Kahraman Maresh, one of the epicenters of the earthquake.
No rescue team had arrived yet and residents were trying to search the ruins themselves to save their loved ones.
But Adam Altan was surprised to see a man wearing an orange jacket who remained motionless in the midst of so much commotion.
Altan then noticed that this man was holding a hand in his hand.
This photographer started filming the scene: a father holding the hand of his dead child and not letting go.
As the photo was being taken, the man followed Altan with his eyes and whispered, "Take a picture of my baby," as his voice trembled.
He let go of his 15-year-old daughter's hand, which he never wanted to let go of, for a moment to take a picture, and immediately took it again.
Mr. Altan said: "At that time, I was very affected, I had tears in my eyes, I kept saying to myself: My God, this pain is unbearable."
Altan then noticed that this man was holding a hand in his hand.
This photographer started filming the scene: a father holding the hand of his dead child and not letting go.
As the photo was being taken, the man followed Altan with his eyes and whispered, "Take a picture of my baby," as his voice trembled.
He let go of his 15-year-old daughter's hand, which he never wanted to let go of, for a moment to take a picture, and immediately took it again.
Mr. Altan said: "At that time, I was very affected, I had tears in my eyes, I kept saying to myself: My God, this pain is unbearable."
Altan then noticed that this man was holding a hand in his hand.
This photographer started filming the scene: a father holding the hand of his dead child and not letting go.
As the photo was being taken, the man followed Altan with his eyes and whispered, "Take a picture of my baby," as his voice trembled.
He let go of his 15-year-old daughter's hand, which he never wanted to let go of, for a moment to take a picture, and immediately took it again.
Mr. Altan said: "At that time, I was very affected, I had tears in my eyes, I kept saying to myself: My God, this pain is unbearable."
Adam Altan then asked this man his name and also the name of his child. The girl's name was "Irmak" and her father's name was Masoud Khansar.
This photographer said that it was difficult to ask more questions in that situation. Because people had to be quiet to hear the voices of possible survivors under the rubble.
Mr. Altan said that when he photographed this mourning father and his dead daughter, he thought that this photo was a summary of the pain of the earthquake victims.
He said that after the photo was published in the media, he received thousands of messages from all over the world and people told him that they would never forget this photo.