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.
November 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
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