War Photographer Flashcards
(11 cards)
His hands which did not tremble then though seem to now
Word choice connotations of trauma grief horrors of war, hands tremble after returning home, trauma taken time to strike photographer
A hundred agonies in black and white in which his editor will pick out 5/6 for Sundays supplement
Word choice suggests sheer scale of pain and trauma contained within still images, contrasts with small number of photos printed in the paper, 5 or 6 suggests lack of care, disinterest, not seriousness we would expect
A half formed ghost
Developing picture, suggest person in pictures dead
Something is happening A strangers features faintly start to twist before his eyes
Image of soldier slowly develops in front of him suggests dead soldier
Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows
Tells us horrific nature of war, recalls act of laying corpses in ordered rows in the aftermath of a bloody battle
Home again to ordinary pain..to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet of running children
Contrast between pains of weather in England and horrors of war to minefield of children running and fear
The readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers
Word choice of prick connotations of minor discomfort, more concerns either day to day life
In his dark room he is finally alone
First line describes setting sets up ideas of isolation
He stares impassively at his work And they don’t care
Impassively suggests photographer is becoming desensitised to his life as a way of coping, suggests photographers difficult situation is not appreciated and people suffering doesn’t matter enough, neither belong in war or at home
He has a job to do
Short sentence shows determination to change attitudes, why he’s doing it
Belfast, Beirut, Phnom Penh
Short sentence used to emphasise travesty at each location
