In my student days, I had numerous extra jobs to earn money for subsistence (and keeping wives happy ...). Much of this was as a paramedic. That lead me to learn first hand all the dark sides of a modern society with deaths, suicides, victims of fatal accidents, and what have you. I have observed much worse than what BW shows us here, and sometimes wondered if the pictures really could be used. I decided against it in most cases. Death in any form is unpleasant for those watching the outcome. We don't need the visual reminder of scenes that burn themselves to the retina. For those lucky enough to never have encountered this dark side of life, BW's image can be an eye-opener.
Reason I quit chasing fire trucks and ambulances and chucked my scanner for newspaper money, after awhile you become numb until that one time..
It was Pulitzer prize level but I couldn't shoot it, not that it was gory but the whole single driver single vehicle accident scenario before me told the whole story without words. That was truly sad and it hit me square between the eyes.. I just stood there reaching up with my F3 framing it then putting it down.
