Having done a year in the Vietnam war I was often torn.. to "photograph" or to help... sometimes images help influence a situation in a positive way and in the "big picture" may be more helpful then our jumping in to aid and individual... This movie depicts Kevin Kitsch in Sudan during the 1993 famine.. ho took the Pulitzer Prize shot of a vulture perched behind a starving child.... the world exposed him to harsh criticism that may have contributed to his suicide. The Bang Bang Club is currently in limited release on-demand from cable.
URL for the Wall Street Article...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704436004576298953370956940.html
How do we decide?
BTW- Author (Mr. Woodward) is an Arts Critic in NY
Jim, I think you might find this link to be interesting. It's a brief introduction to photographer Guy Tillim who worked as a photojournalist in South Africa during the last days of the Apartheid. At the end of the write up, there's another link to an 18 minute long interview with Tillim.
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ReplyDeleteOh, and it would probably help if I posted the link.