War photographer

Question 1

What does the line ‘In his darkroom, he ..

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is finally alone.’ suggest about the photographer’s experience?
It highlights the solitude he experiences while processing traumatic images.

Question 2

What does the phrase ‘A hundred agonies

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in black and white’ imply about war photography?
Each photograph conveys profound suffering and pain in a detached, monochromatic format.

Question 3

What emotional response does ‘The reader’s eyeballs

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prick with tears’ indicate?
It indicates a fleeting and often superficial sympathy from viewers.

Question 4

What does the statement ‘They do not

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care’ reveal about people’s reaction to war images?
It reflects the indifference of people to the suffering depicted in the photographs.

Question 5

What atmosphere is suggested by the imagery ‘The only light

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is red and softly glows’?
It suggests a dark, somber atmosphere, with red symbolizing danger and bloodshed.

Question 6

When and who wrote this?

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Carol Ann Duffy - 1985

Question 7

‘Bloody stained..

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into foreign dust.’
- normally dismissed by england, you don’t realise the suffering in other countries