War Photographer quotes Flashcards
1
Q
“Preparing to intone a mass”
A
- chanting
- going through a ritual
- developing the photographs
2
Q
‘all flesh is grass’
A
- idea that all humans die
- like grass, we all grow then we die.
- we are not long term
3
Q
‘beneath his hands, which did not tremble then’
A
- processing photos
- processing thoughts about all he has been through
- his hands have started to shake
4
Q
‘which simple weather can dispel’
A
- dispel~ to remove
- in Britain, we dislike the cold weather, so in sun we seem happier
5
Q
‘to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat’
A
Contrast
- fields he works in have no bombs, are not exploding
- hot countries of war zones
- here, kids are not living in fear
6
Q
‘something is happening. A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes,’
A
-the image is beginning to develop on the enlargement
7
Q
‘his editor will pick out 5 or 6’
A
- out of all the suffering, only 5% will be used for the paper. Wasted effort.
8
Q
‘Sunday’s supplement’
A
- alliteration
- not popular, so won’t get enough attention.
9
Q
‘he stares impassively’
A
- He has no facial expression
- trying to show no emotions
10
Q
‘spools of suffering set out in ordered rows’
A
- canisters of film
- alliteration
- such as soldiers all in their lines ‘army of pictures’
