Regarding the Pain of Others
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From Goya's Disasters of War to news footage and photographs of the conflicts in Vietnam, Rwanda and Bosnia, pictures have been blamed for inspiring dissent, fostering violence or instilling apathy in us, the viewers. Regarding the Pain of Others will alter our thinking not only about the uses and meanings of images, but about the nature of war, the limits of sympathy, and the obligations of conscience.
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Er det en god ting å vise menneskers lidelser gjennom fotografiet? Fremmer det eller demper den evnen til å ta et oppgjør med lidelsen? Det handler dette krevende men tankevekkende essayet av en av USAs fremste intellektuelle på slutten av 1900-tallet.
This book doesn't really need my praises but way too many quotes from it ended up in my stories on IG so, yeah, loved it.
Not exactly the kind of book one is eager to read before and after the day of their wedding; however, be that as it may.
‰ЫПPhotography is the only major art in which professional training and years of experience do not confer an insuperable advantage over the untrained and inexperienced ‰ЫУ this for many reasons, among them the large role that chance (or luck) plays in the taking of pictures, and the bias toward the spontaneous, the rough, the imperfect. (There is no comparable level playing field in literature, where virtually nothing owes to chance or luck and where refinement of language usually incurs no penalty.)‰Ыќ
