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The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers
Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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London | London | United Kingdom | Posted: 10:54 AM on 05.05.11 |
| ->> Thanks for the link, Jim. A most compelling read. |
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David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 3:54 PM on 05.05.11 |
| ->> Pretty intense stuff there. This should be essential reading for those who think it would be "fun" and really great for their career to go to a war zone. |
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Caleb Raney, Photographer, Assistant
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Shawnee | OK | USA | Posted: 3:14 AM on 05.06.11 |
->> Chuck,
What would you say then to someone who is not stupid enough to believe that any assignment to a combat zone would be "fun" or "career enhancing" but is just naive enough to believe that these stories are worth making pictures of despite the high cost? And if that someone was still naive and stupid enough to pursue such stories, what would you tell them? |
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Willis Glassgow, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Florence | SC | USA | Posted: 8:44 AM on 05.06.11 |
->> Caleb,
I think Chuck is referring to the young naive, just out of college PJ, thinking that it would be very cool to cover a war and not thinking that is REALLY dangerous. To me, its not stupid to cover a war as a photojournalist. BUT.....I think if you have a family, kids, etc, you need to think for them first and not yourself, or your career in that respect. |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 9:10 AM on 05.06.11 |
->> Caleb, you're a new member. You can probably figure out what I'm talking about by doing a little research on previous threads about covering conflicts and natural disasters. I have a dear friend who wants to go to Afghanistan, he has a wife, three kids and a dog he loves. I asked him why he wanted to do this, especially now after OBL was killed and the Taliban/insurgents/bad guys are probably all fired up.
He told me he just felt like he "had to". And to answer your question, here is what I told him. "You know that by embarking on this trip you could die. No more kids, no more wife, no more dog. Can you imagine, in any way shape or form, a photo you MIGHT take on this trip that would be worth dying for?" Silva said much the same thing in his interview (above link) "I’d want him to understand — if he really wants to follow the combat aspect — that what he is getting himself into potentially could cost him his life and no picture is necessarily worth it." The really sad thing was we had this conversation three days after we attended the funeral of our friend Chris Hondros who was killed in Libya. |
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Caleb Raney, Photographer, Assistant
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Shawnee | OK | USA | Posted: 6:28 PM on 05.06.11 |
| ->> As always, I appreciate your candor. Thanks Chuck. |
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Jim Colburn, Photographer, Photo Editor
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 8:14 PM on 05.06.11 |
->> "As always, I appreciate your candor. Thanks Chuck."
Heck. I was impressed that Chuck has "a dear friend". |
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Greg Kendall-Ball, Photographer, Assistant
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Abilene | TX | USA | Posted: 6:24 PM on 05.07.11 |
| ->> Fresh Air on NPR had a great interview with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich. An excellent podcast, for when you have an hour to spare... |
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Andrew Nelles, Photographer
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Chicago | IL | usa | Posted: 6:41 PM on 05.07.11 |
| ->> Fantastic interview. Really interesting to hear Joao's view of things these days. |
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David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor
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David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor
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David A. Cantor, Photographer, Photo Editor
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John Germ, Photographer
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Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 12:21 PM on 05.10.11 |
->> Thought this was a timely piece along this topic:
http://tinyurl.com/3oj3jvn
It's one local journalist's musings regarding Chris Hondros - who worked in Ohio at one time and was killed in Libya. I thought this portion of the article (written by Peggy Turbett) said quite a lot:
"In the newsroom, a few of us talked about Chris and Oscar-nominated documentary photographer Tim Hetherington after they were killed by rocket fire that also injured two other photojournalists. A colleague suggested that the few lines of reporting the fatal attack received at the bottom of the international briefs was as much coverage as could be expected.
"Two days later, no one will remember their names, let alone their work," he said. "That's just the way it is." " |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 4:09 PM on 05.10.11 |
| ->> Well, that just shows what some "informed" scribblers know. I find it funny she didn't put the guy's name out there....could be because the guy who said it will never have his work recognized, let alone remembered. |
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