The Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers

‘To Be on the Edge of History’

Bill Keller talks with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich about what animates — and terrifies — combat photographers.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/the-inner-lives-of-wartime-photographers/#/1/

Last week, Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, met with the photographers Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where Mr. Silva is recovering from the grave injuries he suffered — including the loss of his legs — when a land mine exploded under him in Afghanistan. Their conversation, which served as the basis for Mr. Keller’s column in The Times Magazine this week, is presented here in full, with minor editing and condensing.