I think Minimalist Art feels like a breath of fresh air. Aesthetically, minimalist art offers a highly purified form of beauty. It can also be seen as representing such qualities as truth because it does not pretend to be anything other than what it is.
The photograph is of the execution of a Viet Cong and is titled, "Nguyen Ngoc Loan". This image may have lead Americans to think that there shouldn't be soldiers fighting in this cruel war. And that crimes against humanity were being committed and that the war shouldn't be fought by other Americans.