Reading Response: After Photography by Fred Ritchin
Chapter: 5
This chapter focuses on war photography. War photography captures images of armed combat and what life is really like during war. The impact or war can be harsh and warring on a person. For the most part the images captured by war photographers are dreadfully depressing and extremely graphic in nature, but some photos break through that barrier and manage to capture the delight of war despite misfortune and pain.
A great example of war photography is a film called Blood Trail. This film follows Robert King, a 23-year-old art and photography graduate with dreams of becoming the world’s youngest Pulitzer Prize winner by going to Iraq and documenting the war. Another great example of the realities of war is the movie Restrepo. The Sun Dance award winning documentary takes two journalists and puts them in the middle of a war zone. They are dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan's most strategically crucial valleys. This film reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban.
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