War: A Look at the Ethics of War Photography
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Under Fire $9.49 Under Fire is a savvy political thriller of journalists in war-torn Nicaragua circa 1979. Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton’s (Bull Durham) script follows ace photojournalist Russell Price (Nick Nolte, in a key marquee performance) from the jungles of Africa to the Central American boiling point. Along with the usual band of fellow journalists, Price finds himself involved in a love triangle with C… |
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Regarding the Pain of Others $14.41 A brilliant, clear-eyed new consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture–its ubiquity, meanings, and effectsWatching the evening news offers constant evidence of atrocity–a daily commonplace in our “society of spectacle.” But are viewers inured -or incited–to violence by the daily depiction of cruelty and horror? Is the viewer’s perception of reality eroded by the unive… |
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Bulletin Bulletin was originally a radio play for the BBC World Service. It is based on a true story; with twenty-four hours until the next Reuters dispatch, I head to the perilous Dubrinya suburb and encounter a military funeral bombarded by sniper fire. Whilst photographing the injured mourners, a Sarajevean claims I’m profiting from their suffering. It has taken twenty years to write down what happened … |
