Fick en länk om en artikel i Time, den här. En fantastisk artikel om krigsfotografens motiv och drivkrafter utifrån en kommande dokumentär om Tim Hetherington, skriven av Magnumfotografen Peter van Agtmael, som också kände Tim. I artikeln vänder och vrider han på vem den där personen som måste ge sig ut i krig är.
Kan vara.
Vill vara.
Här ett exempel:
Tim’s story is extraordinary, but there are real dangers in
myth-making. The war journalist is often romanticized but poorly
understood. While we talk sincerely (and in public, predominately) about
affecting public policy and creating a record for history, many of us —
perhaps most of us — are driven by darker desires as well. I asked
Sebastian what he thought attracted Tim to conflict.
“War gives you meaning,” he said, “an appreciation of life, and a
chemical rush. That’s good. If anything else gave you all that, I’d be
doing it every day. War is giving you these things that everyone seeks
and presents it in a package. You never get those three things together
in anything else. You can go skydiving but that’s not meaningful, it’s
just an indulgence. War is everything.”
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