About the war Photographers

1. WAR PHOTOGRAPHY

2. War Photography and its Birth
• War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places.
• War phtography is dangerous.
• The first official attempts at war photography were made by the British government at the start of the Crimean
War.
• Roger Fenton - First official war photographer.
Source- Wikipedia

3. Other Photographed Wars
19th century wars-
• American Civil War - Haley Sims and Alexander Gardner
• Paraguayan War - Javier López
• The Second Anglo-Afghan War - John Burke
20th century wars-
• World War I - Jack Turner
(All of the following photographed by Robert Capa)
• Spanish Civil War
• Second Sino-Japanese War
• The D-Day landings
• Fall of Paris

4. • The history of photojournalism is unraveled through the exploration of Civil War
photography. Photography was still in its infancy at the time of the Civil War, only having
existed for about 20 years.The earliest photojournalists set out to document the war and
change the way people viewed the conflicts on the battlefield.
• Taking portraits of soldiers, emancipated slaves, and country leaders, became new method of
recording events revolutionized the documentation of our history.As photography continues to
advance, the way we document events will continue to be revolutionized.
civil war photograph
Evolution of War Photography

5. TECHNOLOGY OF WAR PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE
PAST
• The technology was limited and bulky,heavy and hard to carry.They hadn't yet discovered the method to make
the objects move and change them so that they are in colour.Photojournalists were able to record events before
and after the battle, but not so much the height of the action.
• Large format cameras and stacks of glass plate negatives were initially used to by war photographs.. From smaller
format film, to color images and digital cameras, to mobile photography, the transformation of the medium of
photography is only accelerating.

6. War Photographers
 The one who takes picture in the war, is called War Photographers.
 They love to get “the shot” in the line of fire to make everyone realize that what is the actual description of human condition
when violence prevails.
 Here are some War Photographers:
Robert Capa: The great grandfather of all photojournalists and a man of sheer determination.
Robert Capa is well known for covering five different wars: Spanish Civil War,
First Indochina War, World War II, 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Second Sino-
Japanese War.
While photographing, he mistakenly stepped on a landmine and died of fatal
injuries.

7. 2.Peter Arnett : Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent Peter Arnett has spent a lifetime
covering wars and international crises for major American news
organizations.
Arnett is best known for his live television coverage from Baghdad
during the first Gulf War in 1991, including his interview with President
Saddam Hussein.
3. Margaret Bourke-White: The first female war correspondent of journalistic realm,
Margaret Bourke White began her career as a staff photographer
for the “Life” magazine. During World War II, she travelled to the Soviet
Union,Germany, Italy and other countries amid fierce fighting.

8. War photgraphy as a job
• High amount of salary is paid them for this job .
• War photography is the pursuit of capturing images of armed combat and what life is really like during war and in war-torn
countries. It is meant to portray the tragedy and triumph of war in all its aspects.
• War photography is a very dangerous job.
• It requires stong willed people who can handle gore.
• A lot of photographers also break down during their job.
• Some of them also lost their lives.

9. Challenges faced by a war photgrapher
• Photographs from war zones play a critical role informing the public about the human cost of conflict, but they come with
tremendous costs.
• After some experience war photographers develop a sense of what is going on, and know how to react, knowing the safe routes
to take retreating if necessary.
• War photography has become more dangerous with the advent of terrorism in armed conflict as some terrorists target
journalists and photographers.

10. WAR PHOTOGRAPH- CHANGED THE WAY
WE VIEW WAR
Over the last nearly 200 years, war photography has been used to communicate both truth and propaganda about conflicts around
the world. War photographers and journalists put their lives on the line to capture the realities of war—but in addition to the risk,
danger, and courage involved, these photographers play another important, often overlooked role: they influence how we view and
interpret war.
Today, war journalists and photographers have access to more equipment and technology than ever before, allowing the media and
people back home to have nearly real-time access to what’s going on around the world.
“Photographers today are putting themselves on the front lines of violence around the world in a fight to bring you the truth.
What you do with that truth -well, that’s up to you.”

11. A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS
PHOTOGRAPH BY VICTOR J. BLUE FOR THE NEW YORKER