War Photographer
- Created by: pinkbeer
- Created on: 09-08-19 12:08
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- War Photographer
- Sibilance "Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows"
- The photographer suffers by taking the photo of the pain and again when developing it
- Even in pain, the victim are like one, unified body lined up by him
- They are organised before/ following conflict
- Now set out as the corpses were
- He has power over them- playing 'God'- it makes a mockery of their sacrifice
- Adjective "Blood stained into foreign dust"
- The blood represents patriotism/ innocence of the soldiers and their sacrifice
- It's even more precious because of the contrast with 'foreign' or 'alien' land
- Contrast between the 'royal' blood of the soldiers and the worthless 'dust' of the foreign land
- The stain is like the war photographer, his memory is tainted by the images
- Metaphor "All flesh is grass"
- Grass is common, as are the piles of 'flesh'- demeans their sacrifice
- The conflict has drained the soldiers of colour and individuality- all flesh
- Both the grass/ dead flesh are walked over
- The number of dead is greater than blades of grass
- The community are affected emotionally/ health
- Grass grows back, but the bodies remain lifeless- contrast between life/ death- natural/ unnatural
- Pun "A hundred agonies in black and white"
- The deaths are horrific, but his view is unemotional- black/ white
- Black and white could represent racial divisions or good Vs eveil
- His tone is 'matter of fact'
- Conflict/ death can't be changed
- Represents the lifeless nature of his job/ victims
- Black/ white- newspapers/ discarded, so the lives/ memories are thrown away- unimportant
- All his photos depict mental/ physical agony of conflict- none are positive
- Memories, people suffer- the victims/ photographer/ community
- Sibilance "Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows"
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