Delving into the psyche of war photographers

Feinstein’s Shooting War is a remarkable book that combines 18 essays, one each for some of the world’s pre-eminent conflict photographers, alongside a single, jarring photograph around which the text is built. The essays result from face-to-face interviews with the photojournalists, their relatives and close friends, and shine a light on not only what motivates photographers to enter conflict zones, but the human cost of bearing witness to wars, natural disasters, and other crises.