Conversations on Conflict Photography - Lauren Walsh | Epub

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/conversations-on-conflict-photography-9781350049178/

About Conversations on Conflict Photography
In today's image-saturated culture, the visual documentation of suffering around the world is more prevalent than ever. Yet instead of always deepening the knowledge or compassion of viewers, conflict photography can result in fatigue or even inspire apathy. Given this tension between the genre's ostensible goals and its effects, what is the purpose behind taking and showing images of war and crisis?

Conversations on Conflict Photography invites readers to think through these issues via conversations with award-winning photographers, as well as leading photo editors and key representatives of the major human rights and humanitarian organizations. Framed by critical-historical essays, these dialogues explore the complexities and ethical dilemmas of this line of work. The practitioners relate the struggles of their craft, from brushes with death on the frontlines to the battles for space, resources, and attention in our media-driven culture. Despite these obstacles, they remain true to a purpose, one that is palpable as they celebrate remarkable success stories: from changing the life of a single individual to raising broad awareness about human rights issues.

Opening with an insightful foreword by the renowned Sebastian Junger and richly illustrated with challenging, painful, and sometimes beautiful images, Conversations offers a uniquely rounded examination of the value of conflict photography in today's world.

Table of contents
Foreword by Sebastian Junger
Introduction
A Note on the Interviews
A Note on the Nachtwey Photo
INTERVIEWS
Section 1: Behind the Lens
1. Introductory essay: “The World of Conflict Photographers”
The Photographers:
2. Andrea Bruce
3. Marcus Bleasdale
4. Susan Meiselas
5. Shahidul Alam
6. Ron Haviv
7. Spencer Platt
8. Eman Helal
9. Benjamin Lowy
10. Nina Berman
11. Alexander Joe
12. Laurent Van der Stockt
13. Newsha Tavakolian
Section 2: In the Newsroom and Beyond
14. Introductory essay: “Industry Practices, Conflict Photography, and Critical Debates”
The Photo Editors and Directors of Photography:
15. Santiago Lyon, former Vice President and Director of Photography, The Associated Press
16. MaryAnne Golon, Assistant Managing Editor and Director of Photography, The Washington Post
17. Aidan Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Verbatim Agency and former Vice President of Photo Assignments, Getty Images
18. Marion Mertens, Senior Digital Editor, Paris Match
Section 3: Advocacy and Aid
19. Introductory essay: “Photographs of Crisis: Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations”
The Human Rights and Humanitarian Agency Representatives:
20. Michael Goldfarb, Director of Communications, Doctors Without
Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-USA
21. Peter Bouckaert, former Emergencies Director, Human Rights Watch
22. Ellen Tolmie, former Senior Photography Editor, UNICEF
Conclusion
“Conflict Photography: Looking Ahead”
Acknowledgements

Reviews
“This book offers an extraordinary window into the world of conflict photographers. Traditionally, conflict photographers have been hailed for their bravery on the frontlines. Over and over, I've seen that their role is far broader and far more important. They are groundbreaking journalists whose images document war crimes, violence, and human rights abuses and help bring perpetrators to justice.” – David Rohde, Pulitzer Prize winner, The New Yorker

“Photographers have the most dangerous job in journalism because they have to go where the action is. Their images have deepened understanding and changed perceptions. But the cost has been high. Many have died; others been traumatized; and still others have left the profession, unable to comprehend the world's indifference. Conversations on Conflict Photography allows the photojournalists who bore witness to step out from behind the lens and tell their own stories. We owe it to them to stop and listen.” – Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists

“Conversations on Conflict Photography will no doubt be a go-to book for anyone studying visual journalism. It humanizes what it means to negotiate the business of photographing and reporting on crisis issues by providing a diverse array of viewpoints by many seasoned professionals.” – Karen Marshall, Chair of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program, International Center of Photography

“Conversations should be read by anyone interested in war and its consequences. It covers the process and danger of being a conflict photographer, the ethics of photographing combatants and victims, and the layered decisions made before distributing such photographs. Lauren Walsh's essays and interviews are vital additions to the literature. In an age of instant gratification, Walsh insists that readers question their immediate responses to photographs of conflict.” – Anne Wilkes Tucker, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath and Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

“In this important and timely book, Walsh guides the reader into the lives and thoughts of key photographers and industry professionals who do so much to shape our understanding of international affairs. Her concise summary of the key questions and challenges of conflict reporting is expanded on by her extensive series of interviews that capture the authoritative and authentic voices of those who act as the conduit through which we experience the lives of others caught up in conflict.” – Paul Lowe, Professor of Documentary Photography, University of the Arts London

“In this era of disinformation, circulation of rumors, and threats to journalism, with a public that exhibits apathy and skepticism related to the infobesity, the work of Lauren Walsh is crucial to defending the ideals of photography. These are not the ideals of sensationalism, not a photography focused on spectacle. Rather, the ideal is a photography that captures the world as it is-an ideal of honesty, of trustworthiness, in photography. A conflict photographer is not defined as somebody who takes pictures of conflict in the field. Rather, the conflict photographer, the photojournalist, is somebody who uses a camera and belongs to the ideal of truth, of capturing the reality. Those people are so precious, and take on such risks, that they have to be protected, if we want human beings to be protected.” – Christophe Deloire, Secretary General and Executive Director, Reporters Sans Frontières / Reporters Without Borders

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