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Images of Conflict
Ms. Tieri Ton, Digital Media
Looking at photography… Description
Composition: the arrangement of elements within a frame Point-of-View: the position of the photographer in relation to
the subject Gaze/Posture
Interpretation What message/narrative is being conveyed?
Analysis How does the image represent the total experience of
war/conflict? Judgment
In what ways is the image successful or not?
James Nachtwey Nicaragua, 1984 – Relic of civil war became a monument in a
park
James NachtweyEl Salvador, 1984 - Army evacuated wounded soldiers from
village football field
James NachtweyChechnya, 1996 - Ruins of central Grozny.
James Nachtwey Kosovo, 1999 – tearing a poster of Milosevic
Sebastiao SalgadoRefugees from Kabul in the Shamak camp in Pul-i-Kumri.
Afghanistan 1996
Sebastiao SalgadoOn July 31st 1983 Iraqi soldiers took away all the men of several villages, they were never seen again. Today the daughters and widows still wait for
their return or a confirmation of their death. Beharke, Iraqi Kurdistan. 1997
Sebastiao SalgadoBoy Afghanistan 1995
Christopher MorrisBedouin who fled the town of Mizda after an allied air strike sleep in
cars near the highway, March 29, 2011.
Christopher MorrisShuttered stores in Al Zawiya, April 1, 2011.
Paula Bronstein Afghan Women Attend Friday Prayers In Kabul
Paula BronsteinMany Injured As Israel Retaliates Over Militant
Judith Joy RossUntitled, from Portraits at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Micha Bar-AmThe Return from Entebbe, Ben Gurion Airport, 1976
Micha Bar-AmA parade in the street of the town of
Bew'er-Sheva. 1973
Jon ElmerJenin, West Bank, 2003
Jon ElmerBil’in, West Bank, 2005
Anne PaqGaza City, 06.02.2012
Anne Paq
More resources…
Flickr sites from an independent journalist currently creating a documentary that deals with 1948 and another one for Israel/Palestine http://www.flickr.com/photos/73932361@N02/sets/72157629099841829/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/42691017@N02/sets/72157624505356596/
http://activestills.org/ - an Israel/Palestine photo collective