‘Reconstructions’ and illustrations


Tonight, the lead item on the BBC 10 was the story of a young girl who was tormented by her parents. It began with a ‘reconstruction.’

From the ‘reconstruction’ you might have thought the child lived in a privileged, well-decorated home. Is that right? My hunch is that it would be quite, quite wrong.

On the left is an illustration from one of Joseph Pulitzer‘s papers – The World. Illustrating the news – we haven’t come far…