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Sara Terry: The Aftermath
Posted by bruce in Uncategorized on December 26, 2009
Women returning home from a visit to the homes they fled
in 1995 in Srebrenica, Bosnia, September 2000
SEE: http://www.bosniaaftermath.com/widows.html#
These images from Sara Terry document the aftermath of the war in Bosnia. They are classic documentary images in that they take us to where we have not gone and they show us the meaning of a situation by isolating its moments, by cutting to the essential. This story goes deep because the photographer goes deep. These photographs stay with us because the “moment,” was stopped for us.
James Natchtway Accepts TED Award
Posted by bruce in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009
This is as eloquent a lecture about the “Why,” of doing documentary photography that you will find. Listen to Natchway. He’s earned the world’s ear:
