photography

[apophasis]

Just going over some photos. There are a few photographers I rather like, one of them being James Nachtwey. I suppose, one could call him a war photographer. Certainly he has been in a great number of the modern conflicts that have occured in recent times. The problem is so many modern conflicts and brushfire wars have been little more than

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[sugarsin]

Wow, those Sudan ones are especially terrifying.

[apophasis]

It is one of those disasters that has largely gone completely unreported :(

[alasseatinuviel]

oy..those are pretty intense.

[apophasis]

They are...they are hard to look at, and yet I think they achieve something. There is no 'thrill' to them...no rush...no attempt to make them any more or any less than what they are, knowing that would be impossible.

[canticle]

I think everyone who ever wishes to remain insular and isolated from the world outside their door should be told they may do so, so long as they review a portfolio of the world outside their door.

No words would ever be necessary beyond that with images like these. This is photography, when so much photography is little more than pornography.

[apophasis]

I very much agree. It is telling, at a time when so much information is available to be seen, to be consumed, what we choose to look at, and what we choose to look away from.

[conformistsheep]

Nachtwey humbles all of us who try to capture something relevant. Have you seen "War Photographer"?

[apophasis]

Yes, I have been skimming over 'Inferno' as well.

[conformistsheep]

I have not heard of "Inferno", is this another documentary by him?

[apophasis]

A book:

http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/photo/inferno/book.html

[madfishmonger]

Those are intense and so terribly human. They seem somehow...necessary. On a purely detached technical note, his composition and use of light is incredible. A talented man using his talent to record what needs to be seen in a properly balanced way. I like him already.