War Photographer Context

• Context


  Like Tennyson and Ted Hughes, Duffy was the Poet Laureate.

  Duffy was inspired by her friend who was a War Photographer. She was intrigued by the challenges of the people who did this job that requires them to record terrible

  The location is ambiguous and is therefore universal.

  (Belfast. Beirut. Phnomh Penh.)
• Poet Laureate


  The post of Poet Laureate is awarded to a poet whose work is considered to be of national significance