Posts tagged ‘Conflict’

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December 9, 2012

I Am A Sniper by Ed Giles

by Communique

“The Martyrs of Truth”

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View this compelling (and at times chilling) report by  Ed Giles  who recently joined Syrian rebels fighting for the Free Syrian Army as they venture into Aleppo’s no-man’s land. The unit’s senior fighter Anas (who Ed’s report largely centers around) leads around 50 men, called Shuhada e-haq, or “The Martyrs of Truth”. Yet to be known, Anas will become a casualty of war. Having personally been on the receiving end of a sniper’s delivery in various conflicts, and witnessing the violence and horror of their work, Giles’ report resonates with me. This report affords a view (rarely seen) and communicates an understanding of the motivations underpinning a snipers deadly work.

Please View here:

Jack Picone

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November 10, 2012

Life and Death in Aleppo

by Communique

The following events took place in ALEPPO, Syria – in September 2012

Tracey Shelton displays extraordinary courage under fire while documenting the ongoing conflict in Syria.

“On this morning, the men were relaxed and joking around as they cleaned their area from a tank attack the day before. That time, they had been prepared and the tank had fired too short. This time, the assault came with little warning”.

View Shelton’s report  here:                                                                                                                                   

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August 12, 2011

War Photographer

by Communique

War Photographer

In his darkroom he is finally alone
with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.
The only light is red and softly glows,
as though this were a church and he
a priest preparing to intone a Mass.
Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass.
He has a job to do. Solutions slop in trays
beneath his hands which did not tremble then
though seem to now. Rural England. Home again
to ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel,
to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet
of running children in a nightmare heat.
Something is happening. A stranger’s features
faintly start to twist before his eyes,
a half-formed ghost. He remembers the cries
of this man’s wife, how he sought approval
without words to do what someone must
and how the blood stained into foreign dust.
A hundred agonies in black-and-white
from which his editor will pick out five or six
for Sunday’s supplement. The reader’s eyeballs prick
with tears between bath and pre-lunch beers.
From  an aeroplane he stares impassively at where
he earns a living and they do not care.
 

 War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy  

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June 3, 2011

Meditation On The Death Of A Hero

by Communique

An insightful, thought-provoking and beautifully written piece on conflict photography by  Melanie Light. It centres around the recent demise of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros both killed while covering the ongoing political turmoil in Libya.

Curiously enough, I had just had a conversation with a very talented young multimedia journalist who is being seduced by the powerful current that is war photography. I was imparting to him the acute danger associated with covering conflict and asking him to question the true worth of it, to himself, family and friends.

My animated and at times passionate delivery to him, heavily laden with reasons why not to go down this particular path, felt somewhat hypocritical as it left my lips.

Sadly, I could see my rhetoric was not reaching its mark.

Jack

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April 21, 2011

War: A Book By Degree South

by Communique

Jon Levy editor of Foto8 reviews War: A Degree South Collection #1 (from Issue 27 of 8 Magazine).

°SOUTH also called ‘Degree South’, is a photographic collective of Australia’s most creative and award-winning documentary photographers who have covered conflicts from Vietnam to present day Afghanistan.

The contributors to War and the conflicts they cover for the book:

Tim Page – Vietnam and Laos
David Dare Parker – East Timor and Indonesia
Ben Bohane – Burma, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Kenya, Tibet, Solomon Islands, West Papua
Stephen Dupont – Afghanistan, Angola, East Timor, Palestine, Rwanda
Jack Picone – Angola, Bosnia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan
Michael Coyne – Iran
Ashley Gilbertson – Iraq
Sean Flynn – Vietnam (Honourary Member & Absent Friend)


MPLA Government soldiers attack  and shoot a young unarmed Angolan man who refused forceful conscription by Government soldiers, 1993 Angola.  © Photographs by Jack Picone

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April 20, 2011

“Restrepo” director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya

by Communique

I have just received the sad and shocking news that Tim Hetherington has been killed on assignment in Libya.

Tim was working with Chris Hondros when they took mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the center of Misrata.

It is now confirmed that Chris has died as well.

Tim was a friend and colleague.

Rest in peace Tim and Chris.

Please view the Reuters account of this tragic event.

Jack

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April 8, 2011

C 1

by Communique

Andrea Francolini friend and photograher passed this onto me.

For anyone making multimedia this will extend the pallet of tools to work with.

It is cutting edge.

Have a look at  Condition ONE

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