war photographer Flashcards

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‘in his darkroom he is finally alone’

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peace, sanctuary from horrors
intimate and tranquil, enjambment creates sense of reflection, normally surrounded by chaos

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‘all flesh is grass’

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new testimant, emphasises fragility of life and how we are all the same dead or alive

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‘a hundred agonies’

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extreme pain that couldn’t be described

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‘running children in a nightmare heat’

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photo of children running from napalm attack in vietnam, helped end conflict, now became desensitised to these images

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‘a strangers features faintly start to twist infront of his eyes’

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development of pictures shows his pain in his last moments, PTSD

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‘half formed ghost’

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picture isnt completely developed

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‘only light is red’

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religious imagery, church, symbolic to christ

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‘he a priest preparing to intone a mass’

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ritual in a way he develops film, same respect a priest would have when preparing communion, religious imagery, simile

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