I was so depressed after watching the movie, I didn't expect Kevin to choose suicide.
I suddenly thought of the question raised at the beginning of Susan Sontag's "On Photography" a while ago. She said in the book: "Photography is basically an act of non-intervention. Some unforgettable examples of contemporary photojournalism Striking images such as a Vietnamese monk reaching for a gasoline can and a Bangladeshi guerrilla stabbing a tied collaborator with a bayonet are so terrifying in part because we recognize the fact that when the photographer has With the opportunity to choose between a photo and a life, the choice of a photo has become plausible. Intervention cannot record, and recording cannot intervene.”
I haven't taken pictures for a long time, and I have never experienced the thrill of battlefield photography, but as a humanistic documentary photography enthusiast, based on my experience, I agree with this non-intervention approach: watching others as a third party.
Once I went to Cambodia, I walked into the local slums by myself. On the streets, there were always naked and dirty little boys walking by beside me, and swarthy little beggars lying naked under the scorching sun, eating bread crumbs, There are stinky mosquitoes flying around, and people who come and go turn a blind eye to it.
Where did I see this scene! The instinctive reaction is to quickly pick up the camera to record this moment, because opportunities are rare, and photographers should have the ability to grasp the moment. I can still review the mental state at that time: heartbroken and excited, more excited, there is only one thing on my mind, I want this photo! Photos, photos, photos. How to put it, it is to reach the state described by Susan unconsciously.
And to distribute bread to every displaced poor child, although I have the will, I can't do anything.
It's a bit selfish indeed, but the photographers are not UN humanitarian affairs volunteers. Their mission is to capture the moment and convey the spirit behind the photos to the world, so that people who are truly capable can protect the world.
It would be too cruel to stand on the moral high ground and ask them if they did not consider protecting the weak protagonist in the photo, and to speak bluntly.
We wouldn't have seen the cruelty of this world without them risking their lives in gunfire and blood to document the war.
Salute to every war photographer.
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