Regarding the Pain of Others
Friday, August 1, 2008
"For a long time some people believed that if the horror could be made vivid enough, most people would finally take in the outrageousness , the insanity of war." - Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
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"Zoriah Miller, the photographer who took images of marines killed in a June 26 suicide attack and posted them on his Web site, was subsequently forbidden to work in Marine Corps-controlled areas of the country. Maj. Gen. John Kelly, the Marine commander in Iraq, is now seeking to have Mr. Miller barred from all United States military facilities throughout the world. Mr. Miller has since left Iraq." -NY Times, article Here.
"After a total of not more than five or ten minutes with my camera out, my chance to take photos was gone. Whatever I was able to capture in that chaos will be the only photographic documentation of this event." - Zoriah Miller in regards to the suicide Bombing in Anbar on June 26, 2008. Read more on Zoriah's blog."While the Bush administration faced criticism for overt political manipulation in not permitting photos of flag-draped coffins, the issue is more emotional on the battlefield: local military commanders worry about security in publishing images of the American dead as well as an affront to the dignity of fallen comrades. Most newspapers refuse to publish such pictures as a matter of policy.
But opponents of the war, civil liberties advocates and journalists argue that the public portrayal of the war is being sanitized and that Americans who choose to do so have the right to see — in whatever medium — the human cost of a war that polls consistently show is unpopular with Americans." - NY Times
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posted by Timothy Briner @ 12:13 PM,
2 Comments:
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At August 1, 2008 7:22 PM,
The Photograph said...
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this is the tipe of photos that i would like to take one day. they remind me of the photos of Robert cappa and others during ww2.
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At August 10, 2008 7:38 PM,
Jessi Hebert said...
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It's not surprising that the military would ban someone for showing what REALLY goes on. I love the beginning quote you used. I think the only people who still believe this war is "necessary" are not only the people who haven't suffered a loss of a relative or friend, but also those who feel a need of revenge for the loved ones they've lost.
I wish people weren't so spiteful and seeking revenge all the time. That's the only reason this war was "popular" in the beginning...because people were angry and spiteful.
Thanks for posting.
-Jessi
