We are shown photographs of atrocity from around the world in our newspapers every day. But what is – or what should be – our response to these images? Are we consuming suffering? Or can we read photographs in a way to transform it? And how have such images been treated – and such questions been asked – in the past?
Essential reading as a what’s-on guide to fascinating seminars and conferences in the north of England: the dynamic duo at No Caption Needed, one of whom will be speaking, with most notably (for me) the photographers Susan Meiselas and Simon Norfolk.
[...] been musing around this a lot lately, particularly after attending the Photographing Atrocity Symposium in Leeds last month. Mike Johnson has just written a piece describing his own self restraint, that is prompting [...]
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[...] been musing around this a lot lately, particularly after attending the Photographing Atrocity Symposium in Leeds last month. Mike Johnson has just written a piece describing his own self restraint, that is prompting [...]