War Photographer

• War Photographer - Change


  The damage caused by war/lives lost/the safety in England and the lack of safety he endures in the warzone/his lack of feelings in the warzone and the ability to express them at home.

  'To ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel.'

  Those who aren't experiencing war's mood can be changed by weather showing how easy and trivial our lives are.
• War Photographer - Influence of Past


  The photographs bring back the traumatic memories and the fact that the traumatic events always remain with him even when he is home.

  'His hands which did not tremble then though seem to now.'

  His trauma is able to be expressed when he is at home. The horrors he has seen in the warzone influence him and his emotional state, when he comes home.
• War Photographer - Conflict/Pain


  Horrors of war/the emotional impact of the horrors the photographer has witnessed in his assignments abroad conflicts with the pride he feels in a professional job.

  'A hundred agonies in black and white.'

  The extreme pain captured in the photos highlight how heartbreaking conflict and pain is.
• War Photographer - Concerns about Identity


  The difference between being professional and emotionless when working and being able to express his feelings at home as a human response to the suffering he encounters.
• War Photographer - Contrast


  Danger in warzone/safety at home/emotionless at work/emotional at home/his compassion/carelessness of viewers and boss.

  ''Rural England. Home again.'

  Rural England is calm, peaceful, safe, and natural which contrasts with the violent, dangerous, and harsh warzones that are not at all safe by any means.
• War Photographer - Loss


  Loss of the lives due to war.
• War Photographer - Self Realisation


  The photographers realisation that his dangerous job is not making a large difference due to the lack of compassion of those who haven't experienced the trauma.
• War Photographer - Isolation


  His job requires him to be alone to concentrate, but also to reflect on the trauma. Isolation is shown further as he seems to be the only person who really cares about the tragedies.

  'In his darkroom he is finally alone.'

  Establishes a sense of calm, but also the isolation he is feeling and the loneliness of his job.
• War Photographer - Nostalgic


  Reminiscing on his experiences at work.