Shooting War: Beyond the Myth of the War Photographer (NYT book review)

[lynnb]

Interesting review of psychiatrist Anthony Feinstein's new book Shooting War (Glitterati Editions), in the Lens blog of NYT (note: paywall, though it might be visible without subscription).

Dr. Feinstein profiles 18 conflict photographers, including Don McCullin, Tim Hetherington and Corinne Dufka, and examines their motivations, traumas, and, most important, their resilience.

 

[madNbad]

The paragraph about Carol Guzy, worked for the Washington Post for twenty five years, won four Pulitzer Prizes and was fired without an explanation shows how much news organizations value these brave photographers. In a time of cost cutting and cheap, readily available images from local sources, the era of the correspondent may be coming to an end.