Polaris Images photographer Eric Grigorian was in Changooreh the day the earthquake struck. With the light working against him, Grigorian snapped only a few shots. This one, of a young boy clutching his dead father's pants while crouching near a fresh grave, won the World Press Photo of the year award for 2002. Grigorian said the boy seemed oblivious to what was going on around him-- the digging of graves for the more than one hundred people who died that day in Changooreh alone.
Photo by Eric Grigorian for Polaris Images.
