Chris Hedges: The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See
In Peter van Agtmael’s “2nd Tour Hope I don’t Die” and Lori Grinker’s “Afterwar: Veterans From a World in Conflict,” two haunting books of war photographs, we see pictures of war which are almost always hidden from public view. These pictures are shadows, for only those who go to and suffer from war can fully confront the visceral horror of it, but they are at least an attempt to unmask war’s savagery.
Link: Chris Hedges: The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See – Chris Hedges’ Columns – Truthdig
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Powerful words -
and undoubtedly powerful images as well. I have seen the horrors of war, no matter how beautifully composed in the viewfinder, and trying to get rid of those images is what led me to pick up a camera and create my own.