Friday 12 February 2010

Robert Capa


I have been looking at the work of Robert Capa, probably the best war photographer in history. His work was really inspiring to a lot of photojournalist's, I like Capa's work and i think his moto 
" if your photos aren't good enough your not close enough" 
I think this made him stand out and become a great pioneer to the history of photography.

Thursday 4 February 2010

Foto8


© Chris Hondros, New York Times

I have been looking through various websites and found these shocking images and a really interesting blog about does haiti need a new photojournalist? they get to point about having really striking images to shock there audience and i found some shocking images on this blog, but it links back to my earlier post about how much is too much?? I think disaster photography is a really sore subject and you have to be careful what you put out there on the internet because its an uncensored way of expressing views but i think you can go too far.

http://www.foto8.com/new/online/blog/1076-does-haitis-crisis-call-for-a-new-photojournalism

when does it cross the line?

I have been reading about disaster photography and came across a lot of interesting forums and blogs. It made me think how much is too much? if you think when a disaster strikes most major newspapers and magazines send out various photographers to the location and it makes you think people are in crisis do they really want loads of photographers taking photo's of them in distress and when does it cross the line on what you can photograph? 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2010/01/disaster_photography_when_does.html

Ron Haviv


Ron Haviv was sent from the new york times to document the recent disaster in Haiti, unlike most photographers Haviv used a Canon 7D and documented the tragic happenings with video. I think there is a lot more power to moving images, nothing like stills, it gives people a chance to have sound and vision which can give more of an impact.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/assignment-21/

Unfortunately i could not find the video but the images are as shocking.

Josef Koudelka


I have been looking at the work of josef koudelka who photographed the invasion of prague in 1968. These images are really striking and shows how bad war was and gives people who wasn't there to really see how bad it was.

Wednesday 3 February 2010

James Natchtwey


Afghanistan, 1996 - Mourning a brother killed by a Taliban rocket.

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are

my testimony. The events I have recorded should

not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

This quote is from James Nachtwey, i have been looking at some of his work and it is very powerful, and the stories behind the images are great.

First post

I am doing a project called 'witness' for my course at university. I'm looking social documentary and focusing on disaster photography.