War Photographer Flashcards
War photographer
Anonymous, ambiguity, no recognition
Dark room
Isolated
Connotations of negativity and foreboding
Finally
He is relieved to be away from the chaos that it is assumed he returned from
Spoools of suffering
Sibilance
Word choice of suffering demonstrates not only the content of the film but also the fact that the images may still be developing in his mind
Ordered rows
Precise and professional
Imagery suggests graves/war dead
Glows
Assonance
Priest
Vocation linked to helping those who suffer
A priest preparing to intone a mass
The photographer takes it just pride in his work but approaches it with a reverence. Almost ritualistic
All flesh is grass
Rhyme
Find out meaning
He has a job to do
Trying To focus and snap out of it
Changes tone - factual
Solutions
Word choice
Literally- liquid used to develop photos
Metaphorically- solve problem of war
His hands which did not tremble then
Contrast of war zone and home
Reality sinks in - fear/horror
Rural England
Contrasts safe and peace of rural England to violence and noise if the battlefield
Running children
Corrupted and shocking
Emphasises innocence
Something is happening
Short, declarative sentence
Literally- something happening to photos
Metaphorically- in his mind he is seeing and reliving
Stranger’s
Word choice
Shows distance
Desensitised as it is an unknown person
features faintly start to twist before his eyes
Distorted images
Literally - partly developed
Connotations of pain, agony and disfigurement
half formed
Disfigured person appearing in photo
Triggers thought
Ghost
Man in the photo is dead
He is haunted by his ghosts of the past
He sought approval
Wants to connect with people around him and make them understand he has to do this
He needs recognition to do his job
Feels guilty for taking photos
Without words
Shocked
Language barrier
Someone must
Take photos, professional
Has to be done
Foreign dust
Connotations of ashes
A hundred agonies
Sheer mass of distressing pictures
Black and white
Literally - monochrome image
Metaphorically - good and evil
Readers eyeballs prick with tears
Word choice of prick shows a small emotional response
Quick short snappy word
Tears between bath and pre lunch beers
Internal rhyme suggests entertainment of newspaper in contrast with the horror of the Photo
They do not care
This reaction contrasts with the long lasting effect on the photographer
Attack on cynicism and apathy of people who don’t care in this country
Damning Final Words
