Week Seven Reflections – Paris Photo

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It was the week of a Falmouth Face to Face around Paris Photo, which we combined with family time in the city. Here’s my reflections on the week. Paris Photo is overwhelming. There is so much to see, both good and not so good. And there comes a point when you just say ‘enough’. My standouts were James Nachtwey, Max …

The Cruel Radiance – Susie Linfield

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I just read The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political violence, by Susie Linfield (University of Chicago Press, 2010), and found it totally fascinating. Essentially, Linfield challenges the idea that photography of political violence exploits the subject and panders to the viewer’s voyeuristic tendencies. The book could be the most important that I read during my recent Masters program in helping …