Photographic documentary in the Second World War

I have been reading a book on the magnum institution and it sounds like it's a huge privilege to be a part of, especially after going through all these different stages with different portfolios.

In the book it mainly talked about how the institution was ran but it did mention a few things that caught my eye on the war photography. Like it mentioned that cameras should be seen as a powerful tool as they are the 'eyes of the world' and I think that statement is so true as it only takes one person to go and take a photo, but that photo could be shown to the world. Even though the rest of the people viewing the war photos can't smell or really feel a true likeness to what it might have really been like being there in that environment but at least you can see a small in site to what a glimpse is like.

Another quote is one from Robert Capa 'If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough.'
I watched a documentary on James Nachtway a magnum photographer, and I think he defiantly took this on board. As he gets close to the people war has affected and even though it looks a bit disrespectful photographing people morning over loved ones that have just been killed, but he approaches the people with a handshake and he is really calm and doesn't move very fast so he isn't disrupting anything or drawing attention to himself. So by being respectful of the families and what he photographs he is accepted and manages to take powerful images reflecting emotion and pain.

 I think this image and the next one are absolutely crazy. I can't even start to imagine what it might have actually been like taking the photos as he is in water to start with so he would have been trying to keep his camera safe but at the same time I would have thought that might have been the last of his worries as people would have been shot left right and center.

 I think Robert Capa has managed to capture the innocents of the people court up in war and how it  is really unfair for the communities that are stuck in the middel of it.










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