Is war photography art?

Nov 30 2007

Is war photography art?  An interview with Philip Jones Griffiths:

My photography, unlike say, police photography, relies on emotion. I need to make the viewer laugh or cry, and sometimes both. Statistics are important, but it’s a photograph of the anguish in the eyes of a starving child in Darfur that initiates the quest for a solution.

One response so far

  1. So, he’s basically admitting that he used emotionally-charged work to alter the course of events? As opposed to “merely” reporting on events as they happen? That’s news to me;)

    Regards,
    Brian

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