Sunday, 8 February 2015

There have been lots of great photographers of all the time,who have stunned us with their photographs.I personally love war photographs,it takes me to an other time,it excites me to watch the conditions and surroundings of wars and places in old times.Lately,I watched a documentary movie"War Photographer",featuring James Nachtwey,one of my favourite war photographer,I have been influenced by the photographs of Steve Mccurry,Josef Koudelka and many other great photographers.


I myself is a part of lots of photography groups on facebook ,I love looking at other people's photos and getting inspired.There have been quite a few cases ,like some people posts a photograph of a slaughter house,with hanging meat,pork,faces of dead animals and other parts which are a part of diet for some of us,these kind of photographs gives rise to discussions most of the time and I notice people saying,that is a photo featuring cruelty on animals,that is sad to see,that is inhuman,that is gruesome.So,what would you call a photo of that kind?It was just a photo featuring the truth,the true face,many people eats that,its their food,whats wrong?Isn't it be called being judgmental?Just because you think it is not okay to watch it?








Well sometimes,a question may arise,that the the photographer who was clicking a photo of that kind is heartless,For instance,think of a photographer shooting in war area,if he is shooting someone in blood,lying on floor,about to die,and he clicked a photo for publication to show the obscenity to the world,was he heartless?He should have tried to save him?Well its more like an ambiguidy for me,the situation and scene wasn't created by the photographer,he/she just wanted to capture it to show it to the world but sometimes there might be a situation where a photographer would have to choose between saving someone or shooting him/her that might decide if the photographer was single minded or cruel or heartless.