war photographer

Cards (4)

  • spools of suffering set out in ordered rows

    reels of film are described like soldiers or like rows of war graves. paradox- chaos and suffering are reduced to something ordered.
  • they do not care
    doesnt fit in anywhere
    effect of war
    this is ambiguous- it could refer to the readers of the newspaper who didnt care about the victims of war or it could refer to the wider world which is apathetic about others suffering.
  • prick with tears
    lack of emotions everyone else has
    "prick" suggests pain but only the small amount of pain for a short time. this suggests readers will quickly forget the photos much to the writters disgust.
  • published in 1985