Catarina Daltro “The dilemma for the photographer... is the question of what to do - do I take the photograph? Or do I do something to help?” “I remember all the associations connected to that photograph... it may just be a body, but I might know whose body that is.” Ken Guest (Afghan war photographer) War Photographer (2001) Directed by Christian Frei Experience of James Nachtwey • "The worst thing, as a photographer, is to feel that I'm benefitting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me . . ." - James Nachtwey Something is happening. A stranger's features In his darkroom he is finally alone faintly start to before with spools of twist suffering sethis outeyes, in ordered rows. a halfonly formed the cries The light ghost. is red He andremembers softly glows, of man's how he sought as this though thiswife, were a church and approval he without to dotowhat someone a priest words preparing intone a mass.must and howBeirut. the blood stained dust. Belfast. Phnom Penh.into All foreign flesh is grass. 18 6 A agonies in black-and-white Hehundred has a job to do. Solutions slop in trays from which editor willdid picknot outtremble five or then six beneath hishis hands which for Sunday's reader's eyeballs though seemsupplement. to now. RuralThe England. Home againprick with tears between the simple bath and pre-lunch to ordinary pain which weather can beers. dispel, From thewhich aeroplane stares beneath impassively at where to fields don't he explode the feet he earns his living and do not heat. care. 24 of running children in athey nightmare 12 In his darkroom he is finally alone with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows. The only light is red and softly glows, as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to intone a mass. Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass. He has a job to do. Solutions slop in trays beneath his hands which did not tremble then though seem to now. Rural England. Home again to ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel, to fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat. End Rhyme Allusion Imagery Simile Consonance/As sonance Metaphor Ambiguity Enjambment Third person pronoun Juxtaposition Something is happening. A stranger's features faintly start to twist before his eyes, a half formed ghost. He remembers the cries of this man's wife, how he sought approval without words to do what someone must and how the blood stained into foreign dust. A hundred agonies in black-and-white from which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday's supplement. The reader's eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers. From the aeroplane he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care. End Rhyme Allusion Imagery Simile Consonance/As sonance Metaphor Ambiguity Enjambment Third person pronoun Juxtaposition o 4 stanzas o 6 lines each o 24 lines total o 9-12 Syllables o Rhyming couplets o Separated by one line o Trying to set order in chaotic emotions o o Enjambment in most lines Third person pronouns o (He, his, they) o Detachment from job o Distancing of Rural England from war zones Speaker: a war photographer Returned home after war Trauma after experiences • Haunting images of war Contrast of war zone and England Develops pictures and remembers when and why it was taken Editor choses pictures good enough for audience Cycle is closed • Photographer goes to another war Contrast England of war zone and daily life in • Carelessness and safety of common people • Disasters of war Indifference of common people towards war • Only care on a superficial level • Strong images are considered inappropriate • War is censored by editors of audience Difficulty of portraying a war without feeling guilty • Photographers dilemma when taking pictures • Traumatic images from war Biblical Allusion • “All flesh is grass” (6) • From Isaiah 40:6-8 • Life is fleeting and transient, a reminder that we are all mortal War Zones • • • • • • “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.” (6) Globalizing poem Contrast to “Rural England” (9) “Sunday supplement” (21) War is mentioned along with football games and traffic jams Weekend headlines program Press censoring information “A stranger's features / faintly start to twist before his eyes, / a half formed ghost” (13-15) • Developing pictures • Picture of dead person • Haunting memories “A hundred agonies in blackand-white” (19) • Good vs. evil • Monochromatic colors • Numb feeling while printing picture o Metaphor/Simile o “Spools of suffering set o out in ordered rows” (2) o “As though this were a church and he / a priest” (4-5) Imagery Juxtaposition o “Fields which don’t • “Blood stained into foreign dust” (18) explode beneath the feet” • “The reader’s eyeballs (11) prick / with tears” (21-22) o “Pain which simple weather can dispel” (10) o “He earns his living and they do not care” (24) How would being a war photographer affect your morals and ideals? Do you think its correct for people to photograph what others are grieving and suffering for? 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