Muammar Gaddafi has, it seems, met a violent end and the news agencies are running some pretty graphic photos. So we thought we’d add one more picture, a portrait of Gaddafi, and the amazing story behind it.
Last July The State We're In interviewed Platon – he works for The New Yorker magazine, and is possibly the 21st century’s greatest portrait photographer. Here’s the story of how he got the former Libyan leader to sit for him and how the image he took still haunts him.
Muammar Gaddafi, Time Magazine. Click to enlarge
From the 16 July edition of The State We're In - The power of stories
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