war photographer Flashcards
darkroom
literal and metaphorical
dark room suggests the place where he develops his photos but also the meaning behind those photos are dark
finally
suggest a relief tone in his voice snd how he has long awaiting for the peace and calm after the impact of those photos he has taken
spools of suffering
suggest the photographs he’s taken as a war photographer is so upsetting and painful it literally turns in to suffering itself
ordered rows
connotation of organised and being in control
suggests the photographer tries to gain some sort of control in the photographs he’s taken as there’s nit much he could do when he was taking the photos but the least he could do for him to feel a bit in control is orgasising them w his own hands
this were a church and he a priest prepared to intone a mass
suggest how his job and his photographer help provide meaning of questions to humanity
Just as a priest uses the bible to teach the world a lesson, so too war photographer uses his photos to spread awarness in the world about war
Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.
fragment of sentences emphasis the seriousness of this poem. Those places cannot be easily skipped through by a lost it needs to be mentioned individually
he has a job to do
snaps photographer back into reality and remind him that it is his reasonability to take photos of people in war and breaks the peaceful atmosphere
solution slops in trays
referring to the liquid its used to develop the photos but also suggests the ability the war photographer has to put a solution to war
slops suggest quite a messy process
refers to the process of war photographer trying to put a solution to war will be messy and not easy
tremble
suggest fear anxiety and a potential sign of PTSD
the impact of war it has pn the photographer
rural England
suggest the calm peaceful life the war photographer has contrasting w those in war
ordinary pain
suggest how easy it is to cost ‘pain’ for those who live in safe countries comparing to those in war who has to be living under very poor condition and fear everyday
nightmare heat
suggest the horror, terrible reality of war
but heat could also suggest the heat of the explosion literally killing the children running
something is happening
suggests that the war photographer isn’t in control and panic in his tone as he doesn’t acknowledge what is something and what is happening
stranger, foreign dusk
the idea of people being ‘other-ed’ and not cared bout as much as they died in war and are known as strangers in the photographs
suggests lack of empathy from those who view the images
half formed ghost
suggests the photo being half developed but also suggest the life of the one in his photograph has been ended early because of war, he’s not been able to live his full long life
how he sought approval without words to do what someone must
he tkes photograghes seeking for approval but without words
must suggest he feels compelled to take photos as it is part of his job
stained
suggests the permanent mark of war in the land, it might fade away but it willawlays be there to show the violence and murder that accused there
agonies in black and white
suggest the photos literally being in black and white but also the good and evil side in war. photographers make it clear what is good and what is evil in the photos but some of them were never published to been seen
hundred, five or six
suggests the large amount of photos contrasting with the ones that are actually just chosen casually, leaving some important message unseen. it makes the photographer question abider hs work
prick
suggests the forceful way of making them cry, faking their emotions but not actually truly being bothered by it
between
suggest how the impact of phtpgrahs have are so sort lived it can be easily gotten over between activities
they do not care
suggest the lack of empathy the readers who the phtpgraher takes photos to show to feel
they, dismissal
he earns his living and they do not care
contrast between photographer’s job from the start he’s not as looked up as like a priest but just a rather ordinary person doing this to make living for survival.
