War Photographer Quote Flashcards
Paradox in war photographer showing the pictures ordered
“With spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
The orderliness of the film camera reels are being compared to the gravestones in a graveyard
Quote from war photographer including many famous warzones and finishing with a quote
Belfast.Beirut.Phnom Penh.All flesh is grass.
Quote from War photographer showing his duty but also the irony behind it
He has a job to do,solutions slop in trays beneath his hands which did not tremble then though seem to now
Volta (turning point) in war photographer
Something is happening
Quote from war photographer showing the picture beggining to develop
A half-formed ghost,he remembers the cries of this man’s wife
Quote from war photographer showing blood being shed in an overseas place
How the blood stained into foreign dust
Quote from war photographer showing his anger towards the newspapers
A hundred agonies in black from which his editor will pick out 5 or 6 for Sunday’s supplement
Quote showing the small emotional effect those who see the picture feel on a person’s life in war photographer
The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers
Last line from war photographer showing how people aren’t bothered
He stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care
Structure in war photographer
4 Stanzas with Regular ABBCDD rhyme scheme shows him trying to organise chaos
4X6 stanza lines are the same as the size of a regular photograph
Use of casuera throughout emphasises key words and emphasises disjointed thoughts and feelings of photographer
