What Do Cameras And Combat Have In Common?

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Photo Exhibit Spanning Decades Reveals Our Collective War Story

A genre-defining exhibition on view in Washington, D.C., says one thing about war: It’s constant.

via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/07/12/201327477/what-do-cameras-and-combat-have-in-common?ft=1&f=97635953

War Photography is a genre-defining exhibition currently on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington. And also the last place I wanted to find myself on a sunny midweek morning.

As a photojournalist and picture editor, I’ve consumed my fair share of conflict photography, essays and films. How could this exhibition possibly be any different from all the other shows I’ve seen in this vein?