camera never lies
So you feel like your role is to gather evidence?Anti-war photographer James Nachtwey.
That's one of the things we do. We bear witness, we present evidence. It's effective not to do it in a cold clinical way, but in a human way. The images are a cold statement of fact, but they present the human tragedy. There are consequences to what we do and don't do, serious consequences for ordinary people.
originally posted by daiichi
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Thanks for this post. Nachtwey is extraordinary. He presented a lecture and slideshow of his work the first day of a journalism conference I attended. He was the second session of the day. They sprang him on us with no warning of the degree of death and horror we were going to witness. It was devastating, and seemed thoughtless of the conference's organizers. Though I welcomed the opportunity to see him, I wished that he had spoken at the day's end. It was very difficult to move through the rest of my day without thinking it was completely pointless.
Posted by: nedlog | November 21, 2002 10:01 AM