Images of Conflict

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