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Title: The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Desmond Mpilo Tutu ISBN: 0-465-04413-1 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: This is a disturbing book. After the first three chapters I put it down and only picked it up again two months later. Perhaps I was just emotionally at low ebb the first time, but the brutal honesty of the descriptions in those first chapters got to me. Even though I am a South African and lived through that eventful period, I was unprepared for the honesty of the authors. At the second attempt I finished the book and am glad that I did as it is really well worth the read.
The book describes the experiences of four well-known South African press photographers, at the peak of the political transition period of the country. Of the four, only two survived. Most South Africans as well as international readers interested in photojournalism, will remember the killing of Ken Oosterbroek by a stray bullet while covering an unrest situation in the townships. And the whole world was shocked by the brilliant photograph of a starving Sudanese child with a vulture patiently waiting in the background. Kevin Carter committed suicide not long after winning a Pulitzer Prize for that image. Although the book deals mainly with their work experiences, it also provides insight in the personal lives of photojournalists. It focuses mainly on events in South Africa, especially during those eventful years in the early nineties. However, there are also references to other African countries. A few months before I read this book, I also read Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa by Keith Richburg. This was another excellent and very honest book by a black American journalist who was assigned to the African Desk of the Washington Post. The combination of these two books gives an excellent perspective on the Dark Continent and scares the hell out of you.
I can strongly recommend both these books. It is a must-read for anyone interested in photojournalism and for people interested in the political transition period of SA. People who enjoy biographies will also appreciate the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Five Stars
Comment: This is an exciting account of South Africa, as observed through the lenses of four "conflict photojournalists", roughly between the time of Mandela's release to South Africa's first non-racial elections. There is a gripping, raw and ultimately, compassionate, quality about the writing, and the photos powerfully convey the horrors that this country went through. Equally enlightening are the insights into conflict photography, and the moral issues that arise by being a witness (and recorder) of human suffering. This book would interest anyone who's ever wondered how conflict photographers get into those crazy situations, the risks they took (sometimes fatal), and the adrenaline-laced thoughts that rush through their minds.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent story
Comment: Much more than simply a book about photojournalists, The Bang Bang Club tells a haunting tale about several young men growing up in a rapidly changing and often hostile world. The friendships that form and are later ripped apart by bullets and suicide comprise the bulk of this well-told history. That South Africa's most important history is taking place as a background only mkaes it that much more of an interesting and enjoyable read. Yes, there is some violence, but that violence defines the world these photographers live and work in.
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Title:War Photographer ASIN: B0000C825I Publisher: First Run Features Pub. Date: 25 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $26.06 |
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Title: My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd ISBN: 0140298541 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer by Peter Howe ISBN: 1579652158 Publisher: Artisan Sales Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers by Ken Light, Kerry Tremain ISBN: 1560989483 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Shutterbabe : Adventures in Love and War by Deborah Copaken Kogan ISBN: 0375758682 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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