My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me – The Irish Times

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My brother was a war photographer who died by suicide. His pictures comfort me

Richard Mill’s motto was ‘you’re only as good as your next photograph’. He was always working and striving to take the ultimate picture

via The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2023/10/29/my-brother-was-a-war-photographer-who-died-by-suicide-his-pictures-comfort-me/

And although we’ll never know why, it doesn’t stop us wondering. And sometimes we have to be careful not to drive ourselves mad in the process. Was it PTSD? Did he empathise so much that his emotional reserves ran out? Did he feel too much of the pain of those he photographed?