Babel@Bedlam examines iconic images in the best photo-journalistic tradition. What is it precisely that singles one particular image out from a single contact sheet or reel? Are we even able to analyse what it is that constitues the power or singularity of any individual image? Who are the photographers responsible for this extraordinary body of work?
Thanks to the excellent Frontline Club Blog, I was alerted to a wonderful piece by his widow, Jinx, about one of the first heroes of photo-journalism George Rodger (1908-1995). A founder member of Magnum, British-born George Rodger's images from Belsen materially helped to clarify post-war attitudes towards the extent and significance of Holocaust atrocities. Read, digest, reflect and give thanks for his courageous and unflinching vision...
http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=5&title=jinx_remembers_george&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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"Nonstop imagery is our surround, but when it comes to remembering, the photograph has the deeper bite....
In an era of information overload, the photograph..is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb."
(Susan Sontag: Regarding the Pain of Others 2003)
In an era of information overload, the photograph..is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb."
(Susan Sontag: Regarding the Pain of Others 2003)
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Queen & Country by Steve McQueen
The image above shows a detail from 'Queen & Country' by Iraq War Artist Steve McQueen. Find out more below & sign the petition for Royal Mail to issue the stamps in tribute to the fallen servicemen & women the project commemorates.
http://www.artfund.org/queenandcountry/Queen_and_Country.html
http://www.artfund.org/queenandcountry/Queen_and_Country.html
About Me
Dominique Jackson is a freelance writer & translator with more than 20 years’ experience of the Fourth Estate. She studied Modern & Medieval Languages at Magdalen College, Oxford and trained at Reuters News Agency after graduating.
She worked initially as a Foreign Correspondent, reporting from Latin America, South East Asia and Western Europe, and latterly, as a writer and editor on London’s Fleet Street. She is currently a columnist and blogger for the Mail Online RightMinds Debate project. Read her most recent articles here:
Dominique's work has also appeared in publications as diverse as the Guardian, the Spectator, the Financial Times, Marie Claire, Avenue Magazine, the Times Educational Supplement, the Volkskrant & the South China Morning Post.
My linguistic & editorial consultancy website can be found here: http://babelatbedlam.co.uk/
My latest project - raising awareness of Lewy Body Dementia and of elder and vulnerable adult abuse can be found here: http://ahappierending.blogspot.com/
My linguistic & editorial consultancy website can be found here: http://babelatbedlam.co.uk/
My latest project - raising awareness of Lewy Body Dementia and of elder and vulnerable adult abuse can be found here: http://ahappierending.blogspot.com/
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