Magnum Photography

I have been reading a book about magnum photographers, it mainly talked about how the institution was ran but it did mention a few things that caught my eye on the war photography. It mentioned that cameras should be seen as a powerful tool as they are the 'eyes of the world' and I think that statement is so true as it only takes one person to go and take a photo, but that photo could be shown to the world. Even though the rest of the people viewing the war photos can't smell or really feel a true likeness to what it might have really been like being there in that environment but at least you can have a small in site to what is happening.

Another quote is one from Robert Capa 'If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough.'
I watched a documentary on James Nachtway a magnum photographer, and I think he defiantly took this on board. As he gets close to the people war has affected and even though it looks a bit disrespectful photographing people morning over loved ones that have just been killed, but he approaches the people with a handshake and he is really calm and doesn't move very fast so he isn't disrupting anything or drawing attention to himself. So by being respectful of the families and what he photographs he is accepted and manages to take powerful images reflecting emotion and pain.